Get to know Florida State DE Jared Verse

3) Dad had major impact on looking the part to play defensive end

In an NFL Scouting Combine interview with Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio and Chris Simms, Verse said his dad bought equipment so that he could lift weights during COVID when everything was shut down. He worked out “religiously” on that set, and came back to Albany the fall of his second season weighing in around 245-250 pounds.

“Ended up going back to Albany in the fall, and a lot of my teammates thought I was on steroids,” Verse told Florio and Simms.