Former West Virginia quarterback Garrett Greene is making an attempt to make his method onto an NFL roster this summer season however he can be doing in order not as a quarterback, however as a large receiver.
This comes not as a lot of a shock, as Greene, a dual-threat QB for the Mountaineers, brings velocity with a smaller body to the skilled ranks.
“It is exhausting to make the NFL as a 5-foot-10 quarterback,” Greene advised the Tallahassee Democrat.
Greene handed for two,300 yards and 15 touchdowns, whereas additionally throwing 12 interceptions. On the bottom, Greene had 751 yards and 6 scores this previous season, whereas in his profession a WVU, he surpassed 2,000 yards on the bottom whereas he ran for 28 touchdowns.
Greene’s transition to being a large receiver isn’t a very new place for him. He performed receiver in particular packages at instances at WVU, catching 4 complete passes for 32 yards. He additionally stated he performed receiver in center college and highschool.
“Once I began enjoying soccer in center college, highschool, I additionally performed receiver and am fairly snug with doing that. I simply thought it was my finest technique to make an affect on an NFL roster.
Greene’s aggressive nature isn’t any secret to Mountaineer followers because it was on full show every of the previous two seasons. Whereas generally it will harm him as he tried to power throws the place they did not have to go, there was by no means a doubt that he would do something to assist the staff win, the identical mindset he appears to be carrying into the NFL.
“I actually suppose rising up my dream was simply to be knowledgeable athlete — in what capability I did not know,” Greene stated.
Greene will now attempt to develop into that skilled athlete with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, signing with them as an undrafted free agent, hoping to show some heads catching passes somewhat than being the one throwing the passes.
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