Ricky Proehl's son

[Mr. Scot]

 

[ForJimmy]

I remember he came to Charlotte with Sam Howell to work out last offseason. Fitt must see a little something in him.

[Mr. Scot]

Another...

 

[Jackie Lee]

Probably a nepotism favor

[t96]

Cool, never hurts to give a kid a tryout but not expecting anything from him. Not an NFL talent

[Mr. Scot]

19 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

Probably a nepotism favor

Is there anybody left from.Proehl's time here, though?

[Jackie Lee]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Is there anybody left from.Proehl's time here, though?

Jake and Steve are involved, if you count his time as a position coach probably more. Staff and scouts are your thing so I'll defer to you on that. It's a small world especially when it comes to 32 football teams in a country of hundreds of millions of people

[Jackie Lee]

27 minutes ago, t96 said:

Cool, never hurts to give a kid a tryout but not expecting anything from him. Not an NFL talent

Just googling I think he's already 27? 

[LinvilleGorge]

Austin just isn't an NFL talent. He has good hands and he's fundamentally sound he's just not going to be able to get any separation at the NFL level.

[KSpan]

1 hour ago, Jackie Lee said:

Probably a nepotism favor

Maybe more pedigree than nepotism, though anything is possible.

[Davidson Deac II]

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

Is there anybody left from.Proehl's time here, though?

Our assistant general manager.  

[kungfoodude]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Austin just isn't an NFL talent. He has good hands and he's fundamentally sound he's just not going to be able to get any separation at the NFL level.

Yeah, modern NFL offenses put a premium on being able to get open. So you either better be an extremely elite route runner or an elite athlete. It's tough to get a lot of interest if you can do one of those at an elite level.

Think about how many "possession" WR's from 20-30 years ago wouldn't be able to find a place in the modern NFL.

[WarHeel]

8 hours ago, Jackie Lee said:

Probably a nepotism favor

That’s a hell of an accusation seeing as how Proehl hasn’t been connected to this organization for quite a while.

 

If you ever watched the kid play you know he has something. He likely won’t make the roster but he isn’t a bum.

[therealmjl]

He’s makes music