Leading up to the Season 25 draft, I was pretty unsure about where I might be headed. As opposed to the DSFL draft, where I joined numerous locker rooms (and was overwhelmed), I only joined one in the ISFL and promptly left. I believed I had a good locker room presence, but since I knowingly wasn’t showing that by joining locker rooms, I knew that might hurt my stock, but I didn’t mind. My TPE was a bit lower than other linebackers in the class because I started earning a bit later. The linebacker class was also stacked that year, so teams with a big need there would address it early the wait a bit. In that way, I slipped to the third round and was taken by Philly. I did have connection to Philly with my Norfolk GM J0EB playing there, but I still didn’t expect the pick. However, since they scouted me most likely immediately before they picked me, the last-minute nature of it made me suspicious. I’m not going to lie, I was a bit disappointed in the time immediately after the draft. The Philly locker room wasn’t as active as I’d liked. Things have changed massively since then, and I love what Philly has become. Looking back, it’s great things happened the way they were. I wanted to make teams regret passing on me until the third, and with the way I’ve earned I believe I’ve made my mark.
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