(S28) PT1 - Draft Day

[Oles]

The Oles family has been through so many drafts now it's hard to recount just 1 experience. Whether it’s the patriarch Tyler Oles going in the 2nd round to the Philadelphia Liberty, and eventually bringing them a title, or the time when Kazimir Oles should have been first overall but was not given that distinction. The song and dance has usually been the same, however Kazimir Oles JR, the son of the Hall of Fame wide receiver who went first in the DSFL draft, and second in the ISFL draft, went much later than his father did. Many teams passed multiple times on the son of the great wide receiver, but it wasn’t because of his name, or off field issues, or questions about his ability to play, it was for a much simpler reason. This is something the family knew and prepped the young player going into the draft, so he wasn’t miffed by the teams passing on him because the teams just didn’t really need QB. The DSFL right now has a lot of high end DSFL QBs, players who have been around for a season and gotten the ropes but aren’t quite moving onto their ISFL team just yet. This put teams in a tough spot, take a player they don’t need at a spot where they could get other talent, or secure themselves a platoon at QB for 2 or 3 seasons even. The draft for Kaz JR was lack luster, watching himself fall, but at the end of the day Minnesota is where Kaz JR wanted to be. (263 words)