How Paxton Lynch went from overlooked recruit to potential top QB pick in NFL draft

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DELTONA, Fla. – Paxton Lynch woke up on the morning of the Central Florida high school football all-star game in 2011 and figured there was no reason to be nervous.

"I thought the all-star game was gonna be possibly my last game," Lynch said last Friday. "I thought of it like that. I went out and enjoyed myself."

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Paxton Lynch's throwing hand measures nearly a foot across from pinkie to thumb. (Yahoo Sports)



A little more than four years later, Lynch is a likely NFL first-round pick, and possibly destined for a top-three spot depending on what teams see in him over the coming weeks.

Lynch is 6-foot-7, hoping to run a sub-4.7 40-yard-dash later this month at the NFL scouting combine, and he has a massive throwing hand that measures nearly a foot. "I'm trying to blow people away with my size and athletic ability," he says, and he just might do that.

So how did Lynch fall completely off the radar in the recruiting-crazy state of Florida? Why was he a week removed from signing day in 2012 and preparing himself for a post-college life of "probably working with my dad"?

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/qb-pax...y-unnoticed-running-the-wing-t-045414770.html

 

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DELTONA, Fla. – Paxton Lynch woke up on the morning of the Central Florida high school football all-star game in 2011 and figured there was no reason to be nervous.

"I thought the all-star game was gonna be possibly my last game," Lynch said last Friday. "I thought of it like that. I went out and enjoyed myself."

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Paxton Lynch's throwing hand measures nearly a foot across from pinkie to thumb. (Yahoo Sports)



A little more than four years later, Lynch is a likely NFL first-round pick, and possibly destined for a top-three spot depending on what teams see in him over the coming weeks.

Lynch is 6-foot-7, hoping to run a sub-4.7 40-yard-dash later this month at the NFL scouting combine, and he has a massive throwing hand that measures nearly a foot. "I'm trying to blow people away with my size and athletic ability," he says, and he just might do that.

So how did Lynch fall completely off the radar in the recruiting-crazy state of Florida? Why was he a week removed from signing day in 2012 and preparing himself for a post-college life of "probably working with my dad"?

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/qb-pax...y-unnoticed-running-the-wing-t-045414770.html

He's young, hungry, has the physical skills, seems to have the intelligence and a Cowboys fan to boot.

And what's more we might be able to trade down a few spots and still get him.

He needs time but hopefully Romo can play for long enough to give him that time.