When Myles Jack left school early to enter the NFL draft, some questioned his decision, including his coach, Jim Mora. Mora, citing his experience with professional draft rooms, noted it might be tough for a team to pull the trigger on Jack with so little tape to look at.
Junior receiver Thomas Duarte became the sixth UCLA football player to declare for the NFL Draft Tuesday. With three graduating players and six early enrollees, the Bruins lose a total of nine players to the pros this year.
“Thomas Duarte … continues on his mission,” the Pac-12 commentator declared. “The crowd loves it.”
The junior receiver had just caught a 20-yard pass from freshman quarterback Josh Rosen , fended off five Cal defenders and broken three tackles on his 19-yard run to the red zone.
Ka’imi Fairbairn had one chance at a Division I college football scholarship.
It came in 2011, during his junior year of high school. The young placekicker asked his parents if they could help him pay for a trip to Las Vegas, so he could attend the prestigious Chris Sailer Kicking camps.
Three hats and a future were laid out before Jordan Payton.
The then-high school senior stood in front of cameras at the 2012 U.S. Army All-American Bowl, behind a table on which three hats were placed, each bearing the logo of the three schools to which Payton had narrowed his selection down.
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