Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on February 03, 2023, 05:15:10 PMExcellent stuff. The one line that stuck out on me was "The Athletic's Charlotte Carroll dropped the tidbit that Schoen had seen Princeton's Andrei Iosivas (N9) on YouTube and impressed him on the first day of practice with some big plays deep down."
Just glad he is on Schoen's radar. I think the kid is going to be a big time NFL receiver in the future. Yes, he's a track star and is one of the fastest kids in this draft, and that's at a tad over 6'2 (some are saying he's 6'3). Most people think he was a track star who decided to tryout to become a football player...not so! He was a football player first and foremonst. After the end of Princeton's football season, he decided to try out for track and he excelled, setting Princeton's school record on the track and field team as a heptathlete and was named an All-American. Not bad for a football player's hobby on the side. Plus, coming from Princeton you know the guy is smart. From a track and field perspective, he was timed (with exacting professional equipment) at 6.71 seconds in the 60-meter indoor sprint – that translates to a 40-yard time of 4.22 seconds. Think that would stretch the field???
On the football field he made tough catches, including contested catches. He caught 66 balls last season for 943 yds and 7 TDs at Princeton, and his QB was not exactly the second coming of Marino (or even a Tim Couch for that matter). I can only imagine how many passes he would have caught with a solid QB at the helm. The kid is a burner who would stretch the field immediately. Some of the beat writers have him going middle to late rounds (I read one writer say he's worked his way up to a 5th round pick...lol), but that's not going to happen. I think he could go on day two by some savvy team needing a vertical threat. I really hope he becomes a Giant and I hope that doesn't jinx him
He ran the 60 meters out of starting blocks like track sprinters do which is not apples to apples. I like him a lot as well but want to point that put as you simply cannot adjust the time as you did.