Antonio Summer has quickly made himself into one of the most sought after prospects in this draft class so far, but tonight is when all of his hard work from the past few weeks come together in the form of a final moment, the draft. Summer is one of three running backs in this draft class, along with late joiner Jarrod Canton and the grizzled Zoro Roronoa. While both Roronoa and Canton are elite running back talents who are in their senior year of football at their respective colleges, Summer has stacked up against them quite well, especially in the draft combine where both Canton and Roronoa failed to appear, this giving Summer the veto on a full sweep at every challenge. Even if the two opposing back field players would have showed up, it's unlikely they would have been able to contest Summer and his immense speed, as well as persistent strength and endurance. Summer is a player built to dominate, and looks to do exactly that tonight when he aims to be a first round draft pick.
Summer's agent has stated that while he knows that Summer is being heavily looked at, he has failed to hear from any general managers and that his previous statement about not signing with a team that does not communicate with him still stands. He believes that it is in the best interest of Summer to look out for his own career, and only a GM who understands the importance of communication will be able to supply Summer with the tools he needs in order to succeed. His agent, Nick Mckee, has said that he is extremely disappointing to have not been contacted, but is sure that he will be meeting with the general managers at the draft tonight, as well as receiving calls from them prior about signing on with their teams.
For those who don't know, Summer is a player coming straight out of high school into the DSFL, so there are a couple of rules that change regarding him. Summer competed in the two post season games for the Portland Pythons while a senior in high school, but it does not count towards his one year of eligibility towards entering the NSFL. NSFL rules strictly prohibit an athlete from playing until they have been out of high school for two years, which means that even if a team needs Summer's service the season immediate after drafting him, he will be unavailable until the following year where he will have completed two years plus two games in the DSFL development system. For DSFL GM's, this should be a huge bonus because they will have a guaranteed running back for at least two seasons. Summer has even expressed interest in playing a third year in the DSFL, but is unsure at this time whether he will or not. Only time will tell with him, but regardless, the future is very very bright for this young star out of Star City, Saskatchewan.
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Summer's agent has stated that while he knows that Summer is being heavily looked at, he has failed to hear from any general managers and that his previous statement about not signing with a team that does not communicate with him still stands. He believes that it is in the best interest of Summer to look out for his own career, and only a GM who understands the importance of communication will be able to supply Summer with the tools he needs in order to succeed. His agent, Nick Mckee, has said that he is extremely disappointing to have not been contacted, but is sure that he will be meeting with the general managers at the draft tonight, as well as receiving calls from them prior about signing on with their teams.
For those who don't know, Summer is a player coming straight out of high school into the DSFL, so there are a couple of rules that change regarding him. Summer competed in the two post season games for the Portland Pythons while a senior in high school, but it does not count towards his one year of eligibility towards entering the NSFL. NSFL rules strictly prohibit an athlete from playing until they have been out of high school for two years, which means that even if a team needs Summer's service the season immediate after drafting him, he will be unavailable until the following year where he will have completed two years plus two games in the DSFL development system. For DSFL GM's, this should be a huge bonus because they will have a guaranteed running back for at least two seasons. Summer has even expressed interest in playing a third year in the DSFL, but is unsure at this time whether he will or not. Only time will tell with him, but regardless, the future is very very bright for this young star out of Star City, Saskatchewan.
@124715
@AdamS
@`Fire-Bred`
@Daybe
@DonnoMania
@cosbornballboy
@iseedoug
@nunccoepi
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