The 2019 NFL Draft 

The 2019 NFL Draft is on Thursday and there are so many questions that still need to be answered. There are a couple of players that I will be focusing on in this blog, I will talk about Kyler Murray and D.K Metcalf, this players are will known through out the football word and should be big name players and pro bowlers for years to come. First up is Kyler Murray, This 5 foot 10 inch quarterback out of Oklahoma is an undersized player at his position but he can scramble out of the pocket like Mike Vick back in 04. Kyler has off the charts athleticism and is one of the most explosive players available in the draft this year. Kyler shows great touch on the ball and is very accurate with his throws. In 2018 alone, Kyler Murray threw for 4,361 yards and 42 touchdowns while only throwing 7 picks to go along with that. Kyler has break-away speed and will outrun any defender in his path. The most concerning thing for the NFL and its scouts is Kyler's size, he is 5 foot 10 inches and 207 pounds which makes him severely undersized for a QB. Kyler has a chance to prove everyone wrong come this fall, but on Thursday where will he go? Will he go number one? We will have to wait and see... This next player is a freak of nature, D.K Metcalf is a 6 foot 4 inch wide receiver out of Ole Miss, he possesses the speed to be great at the next level and he most definitely has the size. D.K recently broke the internet because NFL scouts has him measuring at a 1.6% body fat, that is one of the most crazy stats of all time. At the NFL combine he ran a 4.33 40-yard dash which is incredible for a man of his size. D.K has already proved many doubters wrong but he still has so much more work to do in the NFL, many people wonder how he will do in the NFL, I am also very curious to see if he is a pro-bowl type player too. Everything, all these questions will be answered Thursday night during the draft.

Who Should the Patriots Draft in the 2019 Draft?

The 2019 NFL draft is approaching very soon, it is April 25th. There are many questions this year about the draft like who is going to go number one overall, where is Kyler Murray going to end up and who will the Patriots draft now that Rob Gronkowski recently retired? All of these questions will be answered in the coming weeks but for the sake of all the hype around this year's draft, I will be explaining who the Patriots should draft and why. There are a few options that the Patriots could do during the draft. The Patriots could trade away their pick to maybe move up in the draft to pick a quarterback, but as I see it the Patriots will be drafting a tight end with their 32nd pick. More specifically the Patriots will be drafting Irv Smith Jr. out of The University of Alabama. Smith is coming off a 44-catch, 710 yards and 7-touchdown season last year for Alabama. Irv Smith earned Second Team All-SEC honors for his season. Smith is a 6-foot-2, 242 pound tight end who according to recruiters can be a potential Pro Bowl tight end as well as a well-rounded prospect. The draft is on Thursday, April 25th and goes to Saturday, April 27th, the Patriots have the last pick in the first round due to them winning the Super Bowl this year, it is always a mystery at around this time in the NFL off-season on who is going where in the draft, looks like we will have to wait a few more weeks to see who the Patriots will be drafting.

Signing Day...

One of the most exciting things for a student-athlete is receiving a verbal scholarship offer. Years of hard-work and dedication led to that moment of you receiving your first scholarship. As signing day approaches, student-athletes must make smart, rational decisions to stay out of trouble and set themselves up in the best case to be successful in the following years. For each sport there is a "National Signing Day", for example D1 basketball is from April 17 to May 15 and D1 football is from February 6 to April 1. There are signing days for every other sports and division, for example the regular deadline for every other D1, D2 and D3 sport besides football and basketball goes from November 14 to August 1. You cannot sign a NLI at any D3 schools because they don't have them. The NLI program is a guarantee of an athletic scholarship and D3 colleges do not have athletic scholarships. Although it is not mandatory, nothing is official until the student-athlete signs the NLI or National Letter of Intent. Signing the NLI means that the student-athlete's journey is over and he is committed to that specific university. As the NLI is signed your college career becomes official, you have made the final step in your journey as a high school student-athlete. In some rare cases, the student-athlete will leave high school early to go to their committed college, the usually train at the college and live there for a few months before their season starts.

The Most Important Part of "The Process"


The biggest part of the process is finding the right college that fits you, no matter what, academics comes first and athletics come second. If you know you are not a five-star recruit or division 1 prospect then you should not contact those schools. Also student-athletes must visit the colleges they are interested in to see if it fits their perfect picture of a college. Starting this process early on can give a student athlete a head start on the whole college process. Knowing what college fits your smarts and skill level as an athlete can also help you after college in the real world. For must people sports do not last forever but getting a job after college is a must, being in the right environment at a college can set a person up to be successful in life after college. 

The Beginning...

The college football recruiting process begins right when the player plays the first snap of high school football. College coaches are watching your every play, your mess ups, your best highlights, everything. Freshman football does not matter as much but if a player is good enough he will get contacted by some coaches his freshman year. All players should make a highlight tape every year including freshman year and on. The most important years for college coaches to look at your film are junior and senior year, this is when you will start attending college days and camps. To Be Continued...