Cole Strange used the phrases “aggressive and relentless” when requested to explain his taking part in type.
If anybody has watched tape or seen him play, the outline matches.
The Tennessee-Chattanooga offensive lineman, taken with the twenty ninth general choose within the first spherical, performs with an edge, which might be a high quality that attracted the Patriots.
Strange, who spoke with the media not lengthy after the primary spherical concluded, stated he didn’t get that imply streak from modeling his recreation after any specific lineman from the previous or current.
He’s simply attempting to carve out his personal type.
“I’ve always just wanted to play my own game and make it to where people are saying, ‘I’d love to be able to play like Cole Strange,’’’ the newest Patriots said during a conference call with reporters. “I never really looked at anyone else and wanted to emulate what they did. I wanted to create my own way of playing, which I would say is just aggressive and trying to play nasty . . . that’s just how the game of football is supposed to be played.”
The FCS product carried out nicely throughout Senior Bowl week and impressed fairly a number of groups, not simply the Patriots.
Considered a second or third spherical choose on many boards, Strange agreed that his week in Mobile, Alabama with many of school soccer’s finest gamers was useful to his leap up the board.
“I think that helped quite a bit,” stated Strange. “The week of exposure playing against guys who were from SEC schools, Big Ten schools, I think that showed to a lot of coaches and scouts that I was competitive enough to where it wasn’t like, he’s a guy that’s in FCS, and he’s doing well just because the competition isn’t very good. I think it was a really big week for me.”
As for gaining any added motivation by being chosen nicely forward of the place many draft consultants had him pegged, Strange didn’t significantly care.
First spherical, third spherical, fifth spherical, he’ll all the time have a mindset of proving doubters unsuitable.
That’s simply how he’s.
“I’ve held this stance and this thought process from the very beginning, no matter where I got drafted, or where I got picked, I was going to approach it the exact same way with the same chip on my shoulder that I’ve always had. I know this is just the beginning. And whenever I get there, I’m going to have to put in a lot of work. That’s how I’ve always felt, no matter where I went.”
Strange, who ought to compete for a beginning job at left guard, stated he would work arduous to contribute to the crew and “make sure I can add to the culture in a winning way as much as possible.”
Strange, a senior captain and first-team FCS All-American, made 42 begins at left guard, but additionally had a begin at left deal with and heart. He stated he the Patriots confidence in him meant rather a lot. He couldn’t head to Foxboro quick sufficient.
“I can’t tell you how excited I am to be a Patriot,” he stated. “I just cannot wait to get up there and start playing and practicing. I cannot wait.”
Source: www.bostonherald.com