Hawkeye0202
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Anyone know much about this kid? He has excellent pedigree, runs 4.5 ( 4.4 range ), bench press 450lb with ease and only 20 years old.
https://247sports.com/Article/Alaba...r-is-a-likely-NFL-first-round-pick-125460787/
Irv Smith Jr., Bama's most prolific TE ever, is not done yet
ByCHRIS HUMMER 2 hours ago
Irv Smith Jr. always resisted.
His dad, former NFL tight end Irv Smith, would constantly inform a nine-year-old Smith Jr. of his future as a tight end. Dad played that spot, and uncle Ed Smith won a Super Bowl at that position. Genetics demanded Smith Jr. would eventually grow into a tight end.
“He’d say, ‘Nope, I’m going to be a wide receiver,” Smith Sr. told 247Sports. “I said, ‘OK, look at me. I played at 265. You’re going to be big like me.’”
Father learned to take a long-term view on athletics at Notre Dame.
A tight end with an affinity for baseball, Irv Smith wanted to be Bo Jackson. But after two years hacking at curveballs, Smith realized his future lay on the gridiron. Son would learn the same over time. After playing basketball until eighth grade to avoid early football injuries, Smith Jr. debuted as a wide receiver. He played wide receiver in ninth grade, too. By 10th grade Smith Jr. split time as a tight end/wide receiver for Brother Martin High School in Louisiana. The next year, Smith Jr. embraced the inevitabl
https://247sports.com/Article/Alaba...r-is-a-likely-NFL-first-round-pick-125460787/
Irv Smith Jr., Bama's most prolific TE ever, is not done yet
ByCHRIS HUMMER 2 hours ago
Irv Smith Jr. always resisted.
His dad, former NFL tight end Irv Smith, would constantly inform a nine-year-old Smith Jr. of his future as a tight end. Dad played that spot, and uncle Ed Smith won a Super Bowl at that position. Genetics demanded Smith Jr. would eventually grow into a tight end.
“He’d say, ‘Nope, I’m going to be a wide receiver,” Smith Sr. told 247Sports. “I said, ‘OK, look at me. I played at 265. You’re going to be big like me.’”
Father learned to take a long-term view on athletics at Notre Dame.
A tight end with an affinity for baseball, Irv Smith wanted to be Bo Jackson. But after two years hacking at curveballs, Smith realized his future lay on the gridiron. Son would learn the same over time. After playing basketball until eighth grade to avoid early football injuries, Smith Jr. debuted as a wide receiver. He played wide receiver in ninth grade, too. By 10th grade Smith Jr. split time as a tight end/wide receiver for Brother Martin High School in Louisiana. The next year, Smith Jr. embraced the inevitabl
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