MOBILE, Ala. – Dallas Goedert grew up in a one-stoplight town of 1,200 in South Dakota, a blinking red to slow down traffic at a four-way stop. It’s one of the few landmarks in tiny Britton, amid the three convenience stores, the VFW Hall and Tyler’s Motel. A Subway opened up four years ago, but Goedert needs to drive 60 miles to Aberdeen to eat at the nearest McDonald’s.
Around age 12, he began riding unicycles and performed in Fourth of July parades all around the area. At Britton-Hecla High School, Goedert played 9-man football and the grainy quality of his game film, seemingly taped from the top of bleachers, made it impossible for colleges to evaluate him.
The road to the NFL draft usually doesn’t have an open lane for walk-on unicyclists from South Dakota State. But Goedert came to the Senior Bowl as the top tight end on many NFL teams’ boards, a 6-foot-4, 260-pound target that reminds Senior Bowl director Phil Savage of Jason Witten. If it sounds like a story that required divine intervention, well, it actually did.
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Around age 12, he began riding unicycles and performed in Fourth of July parades all around the area. At Britton-Hecla High School, Goedert played 9-man football and the grainy quality of his game film, seemingly taped from the top of bleachers, made it impossible for colleges to evaluate him.
The road to the NFL draft usually doesn’t have an open lane for walk-on unicyclists from South Dakota State. But Goedert came to the Senior Bowl as the top tight end on many NFL teams’ boards, a 6-foot-4, 260-pound target that reminds Senior Bowl director Phil Savage of Jason Witten. If it sounds like a story that required divine intervention, well, it actually did.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/walk-u...-drafts-top-tight-end-prospect-032350819.html