(S25) - PT 3 - Early Decisions

[Attopax]

Asher's path to the pros started with college, and Asher's choice of college was methodical. Suspecting that his talents could make a professional career possible given the right team and coaching, Asher's college selection process was rigorous. At the end, although Asher was scouted by schools across the country from multiple conferences, Asher couldn't deny Alabama's history of producing high-caliber defensive ends -- so, he joined the Crimson Tide. Although his brother, Tyler, played in the same conference and they were to play each other once every year. Asher maintains to this day that Tyler's college selection wasn't a consideration in his selection, just a "fortunate coincidence." The downside to his selection was that he did not win a starting position in training camp due to the depth of talent. However, in the second game of the season, opportunity knocked when injuries earned him significant playing time. His performance in the game earned him a starting position for the rest of his college career. Asher's path could have been more direct when he considered declaring for the draft at the same time as his brother, but, despite his success and continued attention from professional scouts, Asher refused to declare for the draft early, "I came here to play football, but I also came here for an education. So, I am going to graduate before I move on the next phase of my life. Also, I made a commitment to the coaches and players of Alabama, and I intend to honor that commitment. Roll Tide!"

[Ry_]

Why did Darrel Williams go to LSU? Because he had to follow the first Darrel Williams, his namesake, to the college where he started his modest and soon to be an incredible career. Darrel was definitely not one of the best players at LSU. He was the last pick on the fringe scholarships LSU handed out, and he was given a quick redshirt. Even after being redshirted, Darrel still struggled to establish himself as a significant player on the LSU roster in his second season. He only played in a few games but showed himself as a solid third down back who still deserved a spot on the roster. The following season, as a redshirt sophomore, it took Darrel a few games to get consistent snaps, and from then on he found an established role in the LSU offense. Then, came a great junior year where he played every game with the Tigers and dominated in a third down role, averaging 6.4 YPC. His senior season finished as a backup after a disastrous showing in the starting role, but LSU still pushed their way to the CFP quarter-finals before a close loss to Miami. These five years at LSU proved himself as a solid piece, but nothing more than that. He had to earn EVERYTHING after that point. Darrel would work every step of the way to where he is now.

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[AJay887]

PBE Affiliate PT

[Tesla]

Affiliate PBE PT

[Sylphreni]

During his Freshman year of High School he settled on Basketball as his primary sport, leading his school to three state titles. Sly himself picked up two state player of the year accolades in the process. During his Senior year, College hoops scouts began taking an interest in the young PG. He garnered several scholarship offers from Division 1 schools, and began visiting them in order to narrow his selection down. During his visit to The Ohio State University, he bumped into the Head Coach for the schools football team, Walter Thompson. The two of them being from Maine, quickly found common ground, and the two made fast friends. By the end of the visit Thompson had convinced the young basketball phenom to try out for the football team. Several weeks later, in the pouring rain, Sly was put through a gauntlet of drills, during the course of which, his determination, hustle, and raw athleticism was put on display. By the end of these drills, Thompson knew he had his new cornerstone on defense. At the conclusion of his freshman year, coach Thompson implored him to stay on for another year, rather then immediately declaring for the NSFL draft. Greedy went back and forth on the decision for several weeks, uncertain as to what to do. A meeting with his eventual agent, Rodger Clemente, sealed the deal however, and Sly declared for the draft that offseason. Initially hailed as a potential top 10 pick, during the scouting process teams began to question Sly's readiness for the big leagues, given his decision to move on from college while still being such a raw athletic specimen

[JuOSu]

PBE PT

[CLG Rampage]

Hanyadi played football his entire time in high school after a switch from baseball. Coming out of Excel High, Hanyadi was a decent prospect, but nothing too special. He was undersized, didn't really have that killer top speed, didn't have that much power and lacked lateral agility. While he had an incredible career at Excel, he wasn't playing against great competition like some players in the southern US, for example. His average rating as a prospect was around 3.3 out of 5, with most outlets having him as a 3-star recruit. He garnered interest from some larger schools, but decided to go to the University of Massachusetts, both because the school offered a full ride scholarship and it was closer to home, something he cared about in order to stay close to his ailing father.

Starting at UMass, Hanyadi was right at the bottom of the depth chart, being the 5th string running back. This would be the case for most of his freshman season, up until the 7th game of the season. Three of the running backs on the roster ended up transferring, and the other guy ahead of him had a minor wrist injury, which meant Hanyadi got to start the first game of his college career. He steamrolled over the BYU Panthers with a 221 yard, 3 touchdown performance, and the rest was history. Hanyadi would still be 2nd string for the rest of his freshman season, but he would start every single game for the Minutemen after the end of his first season with the team.

[209tacos]

PBE 21-3 PT

[Starboy]

Chika Fujiwara exceled at volleyball in high school back at Shuchi’in Academy in Japan, even helping out a friend learn to play during her time there. She was naturally gifted at sports so when she graduated and found that the X-League in Japan was trying to get her to go to play football, there was an almost immediate decision made to join. However, Chika had recently heard from friends during graduation that they were heading to America for college so she decided to follow suit. Her friends had offers from Stanford from the Academy’s president with Chika having to apply to a numerous amount of colleges to find out where to go. That’s when she found a school on the east coast that gladly would take her and her multi-sport talents. She traveled to Georgia to attend the Georgia Institute of Technology primarily for volleyball but her heart led her to play football for the Yellow Jackets as well. There was a transition from learning both sports but she managed to get the hang out things and became the backup quarterback over the Spring but when the season started, she had impressed enough to become the starter. After her first season with the football team, she slowly faded out of volleyball in order to focus on football when she graduated college but still plays with her old friends in Baltimore when they come to visit.

[slate]

Peter Patterson had always dreamed of playing college ball at the University of Minnesota. His father was a star player there before Peter was born, but had failed to make it to the professional level after injuries derailed his dreams of a professional football career. Peter Patterson had made it his life mission to carry on his father's legacy and prove that his family had what it takes to compete at the professional level. As he was finishing off a promising high school career at DB, Peter saw the natural next step of that path to be attending college at the same place that his dad did.

However, when he talked with head coach Pat Mason at his father's alma mater, he had concerns about his technique and his gametape. Mason's staff offered Patterson a scholarship, but said that they would want him to switch to wide receiver. While they had hoped the switch might entice Patterson with the promise of high profile and flashy stats, instead it drove Patterson to look for other options in football so that he could continue to play in the secondary. By that point though, he had put so much stock into being able to play for Minnesota that he hadn't formed many connections with other colleges, and not many were willing to give him an offer. Just as he was aobut to accept the Minnesota offer and give up on playing DB at the pro level, he received a full scholarship offer from Iowa head coach Nate Stanley where he would be allowed to stay at cornerback. Patterson ended up being a standout player for Iowa after grabbing ahold of the starting job during his redshirt sophomore season when a starter above him left a game with a season-ending injury, and the rest is history.

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