“I’m really excited about the six players we drafted. I think they all fit us really well from a player standpoint, with what their abilities are, and from a character standpoint — how they’re going to fit in the locker room. I’m really impressed with this class, and I think we walked away (from the draft) having made our team a lot better over the last three days. I’m really excited about it.”
Two things that seem to stick out would be the character, as you said, and physicality. Was that the theme?
“I think the theme is that they love football — all six of these guys — as I’ve gotten to know them. That’s what you take away. They just love talking football, they love being around football, they love being around their teammates. They made huge impacts at the programs that they were at. And by huge impact, I mean not only on the field, but the way that people talked about them off the field. You could feel the impacts they made there. That means something to us.”
Did that shift a little bit with this draft class from maybe some previous ones?
“No, I can think of several classes that fit the same description. It’s just the way it fell at the times that we were picking. But again, it’s a group of six men that I’m really excited about.”
What did you like about Tahj Brooks that made you feel like you wanted to pick him?
“Tough, great lateral quickness, good ball skills, can protect for us as well. Really, just a good all-around player. Our running backs coach (Justin Hill) knew him from the pre-draft process years ago. This was a good class (of running backs), and Tahj was one we were really, really high on from a scout’s and coach’s perspective. For him to be there in the sixth round when we got him, we’re really lucky that he fell to us at that point.”
How important was it to get a little bit of a bigger running back?
“I think that we have a good mix of…
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