Shannon Hobbs was drafted 10th overall to the Arizona Outlaws. He will be the only Season 10 draftee on the roster for this upcoming season.
“It can be a bit intimidating. I’m the fresh meat, the new man on campus, so to speak. Arizona is a far cry from Louisiana so it’s just a lot of changes all happening at once. I’m just excited to get out there and do what I know and that’s play football. On the field, all that other stuff doesn’t matter. I can just do what I want to do and play a game I love.”
Hobbs has gone from Louisiana to Utah to Portland and now he’ll be calling Arizona home for the foreseeable future. He seems to be adjusting well to the changes but a bigger change will be the speed of the game at the NSFL level. He is used to being one of the fastest guys on the field at any given time, when he enters the NSFL, that won’t be the case.
It is rumored that Hobbs will see starting time at both safety and on special teams as a punt and kick returner. In pre-draft interviews he made it clear he dreams of being the best returner in the league. He has the speed but is that all it takes?
“It can be a bit intimidating. I’m the fresh meat, the new man on campus, so to speak. Arizona is a far cry from Louisiana so it’s just a lot of changes all happening at once. I’m just excited to get out there and do what I know and that’s play football. On the field, all that other stuff doesn’t matter. I can just do what I want to do and play a game I love.”
Hobbs has gone from Louisiana to Utah to Portland and now he’ll be calling Arizona home for the foreseeable future. He seems to be adjusting well to the changes but a bigger change will be the speed of the game at the NSFL level. He is used to being one of the fastest guys on the field at any given time, when he enters the NSFL, that won’t be the case.
It is rumored that Hobbs will see starting time at both safety and on special teams as a punt and kick returner. In pre-draft interviews he made it clear he dreams of being the best returner in the league. He has the speed but is that all it takes?
