(S3) - Weekend PT #3 - NFL Aspirations

[ElMachoNacho]

Coming out of USC, Denzel Diaz was not a highly-touted prospect. His size, lack of college production, and off-the-field incidents resulted in him not being selected in the 2017 NFL Draft. As an UDFA Denzel didn't even receive any calls from NFL teams, but Denzel was not ready to give up on his aspirations of playing professional football. He attended an NFL tryout held by the San Francisco 49ers, where he impressed coaches, but apparently not enough to warrant a signing. Denzel also flew out to Philadelphia to attend the Eagles training camp a few days after, where again he impressed, but not enough to get the coveted opportunity that he dreamed of. With his dreams of being an NFL player seemingly over, Denzel took his talents overseas to join the Canadian Football League. He was able to carve out a spot on a roster for the Toronto Argonauts, but a fight in the locker room that resulted in an injured quarterback ended his Canadian Football League career. Denzel was down, but still open to try-outs, attending a small tryout for the Steelers when Leveon Bell didn't attend to training camp, but was little more than a practice body. A little before his release from the Steelers, the commissioner himself of the DSFL called Denzel, asking him to enter the season 2 draft for the newly created football phenomenon. What followed is history, with Denzel being selected 58th overall and finally finding a home in the DSFL.