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Villanova's Szczur is worth your attention
Thayer Evans is the Senior College Football Writer for FOXSports.com. He previously wrote for The New York Times and Houston Chronicle, and also has written for various other publications, including The Economist, USA Today and The Washington Post. Follow him on Twitter.
http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/Villanova-Wildcat-Matt-Szczur-090210
PRINT RSS 11 comments »Updated Sep 3, 2010 9:50 PM ET
VILLANOVA, Pa.
Matt Szczur’s transformation from unwanted recruit to hero is as improbable as it is amazing.
He came out of an unheralded high school in New Jersey as a 5-foot-11, 200-pounder without a true position. Even the coach who offered him a scholarship -- his only offer -- was skeptical. His desire to play baseball as well as football didn’t help, either.
Yet everything worked out like a fairy tale.
Matt Szczur is already a professional baseball player, and projects as a third or fourth-round NFL draft choice.
Last season, Szczur (pronounced SEE-zer) led Villanova to its first national football championship. In the Football Championship Series title game against Montana, he had 270 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns and was named Most Outstanding Player.
As he enters his senior season, some NFL scouts project him as high as a third-round draft choice. His baseball future also appears bright -- in June he was drafted in the fifth round by the Chicago Cubs and excelled in the minor leagues.
Thayer Evans is the Senior College Football Writer for FOXSports.com. He previously wrote for The New York Times and Houston Chronicle, and also has written for various other publications, including The Economist, USA Today and The Washington Post. Follow him on Twitter.
http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/Villanova-Wildcat-Matt-Szczur-090210
PRINT RSS 11 comments »Updated Sep 3, 2010 9:50 PM ET
VILLANOVA, Pa.
Matt Szczur’s transformation from unwanted recruit to hero is as improbable as it is amazing.
He came out of an unheralded high school in New Jersey as a 5-foot-11, 200-pounder without a true position. Even the coach who offered him a scholarship -- his only offer -- was skeptical. His desire to play baseball as well as football didn’t help, either.
Yet everything worked out like a fairy tale.
Matt Szczur is already a professional baseball player, and projects as a third or fourth-round NFL draft choice.
Last season, Szczur (pronounced SEE-zer) led Villanova to its first national football championship. In the Football Championship Series title game against Montana, he had 270 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns and was named Most Outstanding Player.
As he enters his senior season, some NFL scouts project him as high as a third-round draft choice. His baseball future also appears bright -- in June he was drafted in the fifth round by the Chicago Cubs and excelled in the minor leagues.
DAL @ GB
