JaySam is great and I’ve loved his years at NC State. He might get too hot in the draft for where the Hawks would want to draft him. If he drops far enough, would be cool to see how they could use him.
Think he could add a few pounds (240) without losing too much speed. He’s never been a burner, but a great route runner. A FB who could line up in slot, etc would be kind cool. Agile and great hands (see last catch in clip).
A story about his HS coach and NC State’s coach during recruiting.
“The two coaches had some history together. Palmieri used to coach high school football in Florida and Doeren used to recruit that state when he was an assistant at Wisconsin.
Palmieri told Doeren he had the best player in Charlotte.
“He’s going to walk in this room and you’re going to shake your head at me and say you’re crazy,” Palmieri told Doeren.
The two watched some film of Samuels’ junior season at Mallard Creek. Doeren liked what he saw but didn’t know where Samuels would fit at the college level.
“Well, dude, what is he?” Doeren asked Palmieri.
Neither coach was quite sure. Samuels did a little bit of everything at Mallard Creek, including play safety on defense. The position didn’t matter to Doeren.
“He’s kind of a ‘tweener’ but he’s a great football player and I need more of them,” Doeren told Palmieri”