Bob Sturm on Schoonmaker

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Early years[edit]​

Born in 1998, Schoonmaker grew up in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. He attended Xavier High School, where he was a teammate of future NFL quarterback Will Levis. He transferred to Hamden Hall Country Day School after his sophomore season.[1]

As a junior, he missed time after being diagnosed with mononucleosis and suffering a ruptured spleen, which forced him to repeat the year. The next season he was the starter at quarterback, leading the team to an 11-0 record and winning the NEPSAC Mike Atkins Bowl. He also played some offensive snaps at he tight end position.[2]

As a fifth year senior, he completed 18 passes, caught 22 passes, and carried as a rusher 34 times, while tallying 851 yards in combined passing, receiving and rushing yards.[3] Rated as the top player in Connecticut, he committed to play college football at the University of Michigan.[4]

College career[edit]​

Schoonmaker played for the Michigan Wolverines from 2018 until 2022.[5][3][6] On October 12, 2019, he scored his first collegiate touchdown on a 25-yard pass from Shea Patterson.

As a senior in 2021, Schoonmaker appeared in nine games and caught 17 passes for 165 yards and three touchdowns.[7] He earned a reputation as Michigan's "most reliable blocking tight end and a player who never complained about his touches."[8] After the 2021 season, Schoonmaker received honorable mention All-BIg Ten honors.[9]

In January 2022, with eligibility remaining, Schooonmaker announced that he would return to Michigan as a fifth-year senior.[10] In July, he was named to the watch list for the Mackey Award.[11] He was also rated by NFL scouts as Michigan's most draftable player among the team's senior players.[8] He is known for his blocking and speed.[9][8]

On September 24, Schoonmaker caught a career-high seven passes for 72 yards and a touchdown against Maryland.[12] Against Indiana on October 8, he established another career-high with nine receptions, adding 67 receiving yards and a touchdown.[13] During the 2022 regular season, he ranked second on the team with 31 receptions and third with 330 receiving yards.[14] In December 2022 he accepted an invite to the East–West Shrine Bowl.[15] On January 9, 2023, Schoonmaker announced he would forego his final year of collegiate eligibility and declared for the 2023 NFL Draft.[16]
 
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As a Michigan fan I like Schoomaker. I think he is solid. However, I am not sure he is much better than Ferguson or Hendershot so why waste the pick. I would have picked the Oline man from Florida
 
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2 problems

1. We are not talking Schoon vs Schultz. We are talking Schoon vs all the other players available at 58 like Torrance

2. If the best you can say about your rd 2 pick is “ not the worst pick ever” that tells hs we made a mistake
 
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TEs were unexpectedly flying off the boards. He was the last of the guys they liked who can also block well so they pulled the trigger to fill a hole in McCarthy’s coming changes to the offense. Bigger mistakes have been made on draft day. Something tells me 3 years from now he might be a fan favorite like Witten was for many years simply by being a solid dependable all around player who consistently does his job well.
 
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USArmyVet said:
Dallas wasted a 2nd on a soon-to-be 25-year-old blocking TE.....there is no covering that up no matter how many prop posts are created.
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He wouldn't have been my choice at pick 58 (I mean, stud OG was sitting right there and taken by the Bills the next pick, plus several other strong players) but I suspect he becomes a steady contributor.
 
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A lot has been made of his age but would he ever see a second contract in Dallas anyway? Unless he turns out to be great he will likely do his 4 years and move on via Free Agency. I think this would be true even if he was only 21. If he turns out to be a great players, or even a really good player, they can still franchise him for a year, or extend him for 3 more years. Getting 5 to 7 years out of him would not be awful if he is a really good TE.
 
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visionary said:
2 problems

1. We are not talking Schoon vs Schultz. We are talking Schoon vs all the other players available at 58 like Torrance

2. If the best you can say about your rd 2 pick is “ not the worst pick ever” that tells hs we made a mistake
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Well in his defense he dint' say not the worst mistake. He said drafting Schoon over investing 10 million in Schultz is not the worst mistake ever. And he's right.
 
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Creeper said:
A lot has been made of his age but would he ever see a second contract in Dallas anyway? Unless he turns out to be great he will likely do his 4 years and move on via Free Agency. I think this would be true even if he was only 21. If he turns out to be a great players, or even a really good player, they can still franchise him for a year, or extend him for 3 more years. Getting 5 to 7 years out of him would not be awful if he is a really good TE.
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True, but that is an argument against it.

You for sure would like your top 2-3 picks to be worthy of landing 2nd contracts on your team, if possible.

As always though, I'll wait and see.
 
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