https://www.wsj.com/sports/football/tyson-bagent-chicago-bears-justin-fields-division-ii-nfl-696e19ed?mod=hp_featst_pos3
Long article... just a cut and paste bit from WSJ
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Long article... just a cut and paste bit from WSJ
Quote:
The Unlikely Story Behind the NFL's Most Unlikely Quarterback
Tyson Bagent was a Division II quarterback before he went undrafted. Then the rookie who the establishment overlooked impressed by winning his first game as a fill-in starter
Then the newly minted Bears quarterback defied even the rosiest expectations by leading Chicago to a blowout win in his first start.
But there were some people who weren't at all shocked by the most improbable story in the NFL this season. They're the same people who had actually seen Bagent play football before.
"I expected him to do very well," says Dave Walker, Bagent's high school coach. "I'm not surprised by the success he's having."
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By the time the 2022 season was over, Bagent hadn't just set the D-II high-water mark with 159 career touchdown passes. He owned the mark at every level of NCAA football.
Bagent's play netted him an invite to the Senior Bowl, where one team's brass got an especially good look at him. Luke Getsy, the Bears' offensive coordinator, was the coach of the American team, which counted six players from the Alabama Crimson Tide, four Georgia Bulldogs and one Shepherd Ram on its roster.
During Senior Bowl week, Getsy said he at first thought Bagent was a "nervous dude." Then he realized Bagent was just working maniacally hard.
"By the time we got to Wednesday, Thursday, I saw a guy ready to rock and roll," Getsy said last week.
Shortly after the draft, the Bears scooped up Bagent as one of their undrafted free agents. Those players are usually happy to make the practice squad because it means they weren't cut from the team entirely. Bagent, though, defied expectations once again: he beat out a veteran for the role of No. 2 quarterback.
may be A&M could use spare measly $120k yearly salary for jimbo assisstant to scour the net for gem like this guy for portal?
