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NFL is coming to Winnipeg to check out Bisons' lineman
By Paul Friesen -- Winnipeg Sun
The NFL is coming to Winnipeg – again.
Just one year after U of M Bisons defensive lineman David Onyemata's unprecedented pro-day attracted scouts from more than half of the NFL's teams, resulting in Onyemata being drafted and cracking the New Orleans Saints roster, offensive lineman Geoff Gray will have his own NFL showcase.
Gray's big day is set for March 30 at the soccer complex in south Winnipeg, where NFL reps will put him through the paces to see if they might want to spend a draft pick on the 6-foot-6, 310-pound Winnipegger.
“That would be the best case,” Gray told the Winnipeg Sun, Thursday. “But there are still guys who have successful careers just signing as a free agent. It wouldn't be the end of the world by any means.”
No it wouldn't. That is, after all, how the first Bison to make the NFL, Israel Idonije, did it. Idonije, the Cinderella story out of Brandon, went on to a decade-long career down south.
Last year, Onyemata began a similar against-all-odds trek, even one-upping Idonije by becoming the first Bison selected in the NFL draft.
MORE -- Sun
With Payton's comment about this being a weak draft for OL, I'm sure the Saints will be there. Feel free to chime in, Guillermo.
By Paul Friesen -- Winnipeg Sun
The NFL is coming to Winnipeg – again.
Just one year after U of M Bisons defensive lineman David Onyemata's unprecedented pro-day attracted scouts from more than half of the NFL's teams, resulting in Onyemata being drafted and cracking the New Orleans Saints roster, offensive lineman Geoff Gray will have his own NFL showcase.
Gray's big day is set for March 30 at the soccer complex in south Winnipeg, where NFL reps will put him through the paces to see if they might want to spend a draft pick on the 6-foot-6, 310-pound Winnipegger.
“That would be the best case,” Gray told the Winnipeg Sun, Thursday. “But there are still guys who have successful careers just signing as a free agent. It wouldn't be the end of the world by any means.”
No it wouldn't. That is, after all, how the first Bison to make the NFL, Israel Idonije, did it. Idonije, the Cinderella story out of Brandon, went on to a decade-long career down south.
Last year, Onyemata began a similar against-all-odds trek, even one-upping Idonije by becoming the first Bison selected in the NFL draft.
MORE -- Sun
With Payton's comment about this being a weak draft for OL, I'm sure the Saints will be there. Feel free to chime in, Guillermo.
