05-13-2024, 07:38 PM
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With the upcoming DSFL draft approaching in a couple days, reporters have gotten a chance to get a close look into some of the new up and coming players in the league and today they will be focusing on the season forty-nine draft prospect, linebacker, Frosty Steele.
Frosty recently graduated from college caught wind of the DSFL from a family friend of his who was a previous player quite some time ago. Steele was pitched to the league officials as a players with an extremely fast motor, with strength just as apparent. Known to have the ability to get to the quarterback with ease by out powering the offensive line. The question marks initially made by scouts were the previous injury that Frosty suffered in college, but looking at his junior and senior year, teams should have no worry when it comes to his performance. Since his injury, he has only improved as the seasons carried on. Specifically looking at his senior year where he led the team in tackles, finished with ten sacks, and got his first and only touchdown of his college career on a pick six.
Frosty Steele joined the league near the end of this most recent season getting a little bit of playing time with the Kansas City Coyotes. Steele was originally approached by a couple of the general managers in the league to see his interest in joining their team for the rest of the season prior to being entered into the DSFL draft. He had some pretty great conversations with the managers of each team he talked to, but they informed Steele that the were not at the top of the board so they were going to put a claim in, but couldn't guarantee that he would join their team. Roughly a few hours passed by and Steele received a call from the now former general manager of the Kansas City Coyotes informing him that he has been claimed by them in waivers. Shocked by this, Steele started to pack his things to head over to Kansas City. To say the least, he was kind of surprised that Kansas City did not even make any outreach or contact with him before signing him, but he wanted to make sure he made it apparent that he appreciated even the consideration and wanted to prove himself in helping the team. The coach made sure to let Steele know that this is the time for growing, don't try and go too crazy as the level of players in this league is nothing to what he was used to back in college. So, they wanted him to really focus on his training and exercise and just make sure he would progress.
Steele was only on the team for the last four games of the season and his stats did not really jump out of the pages of the box score too much. In those four games, he only finished with a total of seven tackles in total. Even though Steele was focusing on his training, seeing those numbers being what they were did upset him, and even affected his mindset for a couple days and skipped training due to it. His coach started to notice his mindset being thrown off so he sat Steele down in his office and made it clear to him that he barely had any time or experience in the league and that it will take time. Just relax, do your training, and you will see improvements. It was apparent Steele felt bad that this affected his mindset and overall performance and focus toward the team, but he was going to make sure he would continue to grow. After the season, Steele provided his thanks for letting him in to the team, working out with them, getting to know the players, and just the chance to play at a professional level. Steele was given great words of advice and planned to carry it throughout his career. With this new advice and mindset, Steele got to working. Not just on his physical and mental part of his game, but also to the networking side. Steele has had the pleasure of being invited to hangout in a few of the other DSFL teams locker rooms to chat with the team, the managers, and other fellow draftees that the teams also invited over. Since the season has concluded, Steele's speed has grown significantly, his strength and agility seem to have gone up a level, and the endurance and tackling ability have also seen some improvements during this time. To see what type of player Steele looked like when he first entered the league a few weeks ago to what type of player that he looks like now, you can clearly see there are extreme differences in his game.
He now is focusing on the draft. With the actual draft for the DSFL coming up in the next two days, he agreed to talk to some reporters to hopefully help out his draft stock and get a few more eyes to look to his player. Of the entire conversation that Steele had with reporters, the main points that were discussed are the following: He has no preference in the team that takes him. He wants to be the best player that he can be and give his all week in and week out. He knows that the season after this he will be drafted by an ISFL team and the common question that he has been asked by other teams is "how soon do you want to be called up to your ISFL team once you are drafted to one?" To which his response started this way, and still seems apparent that he just wants to be as viable as he can. If the team that drafts him for the ISFL believes that he will be viable after playing for only one season, then he will go up. Or if the ISFL team wants him to stay down for a few seasons, he is fine with that as well. He just wants to make sure that when he is called up, he's not there to just eat minutes and make a fool of himself. He wants to make an impact overall and he trusts that the coaches of whatever team drafts him will be able to make that call where it benefits both the team and Steele overall. Additionally, Steele has no ties with any team and just wants to be taken by a team that wants him on that team. And finally, he wants a good group of people on the team. A good locker room vibe is the best thing a person and player can ask for and that will tie toward improving how well as a player he will be. Reporters asked Steele how many teams have contacted him so far for this upcoming draft and his response was "In total, I believe it has been about six or seven, but only four teams seemed to have real interest in me. Or at least that is how I felt after the conversations ended. I'm excited to see how this draft goes."
And with that, the report with the linebacker prospect Frosty Steele concluded. Will he be drafted high? Low? Who knows, but the one thing we do know is that Steele is willing to do whatever it takes to help out the team that takes him in the draft. Only two days away from the draft, and a lot of chatter seems to be happening behind the scenes and Steele is just along for the ride.
Frosty recently graduated from college caught wind of the DSFL from a family friend of his who was a previous player quite some time ago. Steele was pitched to the league officials as a players with an extremely fast motor, with strength just as apparent. Known to have the ability to get to the quarterback with ease by out powering the offensive line. The question marks initially made by scouts were the previous injury that Frosty suffered in college, but looking at his junior and senior year, teams should have no worry when it comes to his performance. Since his injury, he has only improved as the seasons carried on. Specifically looking at his senior year where he led the team in tackles, finished with ten sacks, and got his first and only touchdown of his college career on a pick six.
Frosty Steele joined the league near the end of this most recent season getting a little bit of playing time with the Kansas City Coyotes. Steele was originally approached by a couple of the general managers in the league to see his interest in joining their team for the rest of the season prior to being entered into the DSFL draft. He had some pretty great conversations with the managers of each team he talked to, but they informed Steele that the were not at the top of the board so they were going to put a claim in, but couldn't guarantee that he would join their team. Roughly a few hours passed by and Steele received a call from the now former general manager of the Kansas City Coyotes informing him that he has been claimed by them in waivers. Shocked by this, Steele started to pack his things to head over to Kansas City. To say the least, he was kind of surprised that Kansas City did not even make any outreach or contact with him before signing him, but he wanted to make sure he made it apparent that he appreciated even the consideration and wanted to prove himself in helping the team. The coach made sure to let Steele know that this is the time for growing, don't try and go too crazy as the level of players in this league is nothing to what he was used to back in college. So, they wanted him to really focus on his training and exercise and just make sure he would progress.
Steele was only on the team for the last four games of the season and his stats did not really jump out of the pages of the box score too much. In those four games, he only finished with a total of seven tackles in total. Even though Steele was focusing on his training, seeing those numbers being what they were did upset him, and even affected his mindset for a couple days and skipped training due to it. His coach started to notice his mindset being thrown off so he sat Steele down in his office and made it clear to him that he barely had any time or experience in the league and that it will take time. Just relax, do your training, and you will see improvements. It was apparent Steele felt bad that this affected his mindset and overall performance and focus toward the team, but he was going to make sure he would continue to grow. After the season, Steele provided his thanks for letting him in to the team, working out with them, getting to know the players, and just the chance to play at a professional level. Steele was given great words of advice and planned to carry it throughout his career. With this new advice and mindset, Steele got to working. Not just on his physical and mental part of his game, but also to the networking side. Steele has had the pleasure of being invited to hangout in a few of the other DSFL teams locker rooms to chat with the team, the managers, and other fellow draftees that the teams also invited over. Since the season has concluded, Steele's speed has grown significantly, his strength and agility seem to have gone up a level, and the endurance and tackling ability have also seen some improvements during this time. To see what type of player Steele looked like when he first entered the league a few weeks ago to what type of player that he looks like now, you can clearly see there are extreme differences in his game.
He now is focusing on the draft. With the actual draft for the DSFL coming up in the next two days, he agreed to talk to some reporters to hopefully help out his draft stock and get a few more eyes to look to his player. Of the entire conversation that Steele had with reporters, the main points that were discussed are the following: He has no preference in the team that takes him. He wants to be the best player that he can be and give his all week in and week out. He knows that the season after this he will be drafted by an ISFL team and the common question that he has been asked by other teams is "how soon do you want to be called up to your ISFL team once you are drafted to one?" To which his response started this way, and still seems apparent that he just wants to be as viable as he can. If the team that drafts him for the ISFL believes that he will be viable after playing for only one season, then he will go up. Or if the ISFL team wants him to stay down for a few seasons, he is fine with that as well. He just wants to make sure that when he is called up, he's not there to just eat minutes and make a fool of himself. He wants to make an impact overall and he trusts that the coaches of whatever team drafts him will be able to make that call where it benefits both the team and Steele overall. Additionally, Steele has no ties with any team and just wants to be taken by a team that wants him on that team. And finally, he wants a good group of people on the team. A good locker room vibe is the best thing a person and player can ask for and that will tie toward improving how well as a player he will be. Reporters asked Steele how many teams have contacted him so far for this upcoming draft and his response was "In total, I believe it has been about six or seven, but only four teams seemed to have real interest in me. Or at least that is how I felt after the conversations ended. I'm excited to see how this draft goes."
And with that, the report with the linebacker prospect Frosty Steele concluded. Will he be drafted high? Low? Who knows, but the one thing we do know is that Steele is willing to do whatever it takes to help out the team that takes him in the draft. Only two days away from the draft, and a lot of chatter seems to be happening behind the scenes and Steele is just along for the ride.
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