Pick 124 Barryn Sorrell Edge Texas

[Schultz]

But maybe Bosa has enough talent that an inch or two doesn't really matter as much. "Nick Bosa" is a tough standard to meet.

I really like Sawyer, and would not have minded drafting him. But only if Sorrel was already off the board; between the two of them, I think we got the far better prospect overall. At least from what I have seen and read. I think we got a freaking steal in the 4th.




RAS of something like 9.3, for a guy his size? The man is a beast.




If he goes on to have a solid career, he's going to be an enormous fan favorite.

He's such a huge NFL fan and draft afficionado, he brought his family to Green Bay to share the draft experience, not having any clue where he was going to be picked - much less knowing that he was going to go to Green Bay! He sat in that Green Room for 3 days. He was the last player left in the green room; every other player had already been picked or gave up and left. A projected likely Day 3 pick, he stayed there all by himself for the whole 3 days, not even his family with him, just patiently waiting for his moment.

And when that moment came, he stepped up on the stage and was welcomed by tens of thousands of hometown fans, the last man out of the green room. That's a Disney moment.

He is gonna be sooooo loved!!!! Every Packer fan will be crazy for this guy. Gutekunst doesn't dare cut him.

Are we sure he was in the green room all 3 days. I have heard and read different accounts. What I do know is that he was there on Day 3 which like you say was Disney Like.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

I'm not great at math but Bosa's are 33 and Sawyer is sub 32 at 31.75.

I was comparing Bosa and Sawyer's wingspan.

While I understand why some put importance on arm length and wingspan for EDGE players and Offensive lineman, I was merely responding to a poster that had labeled Sawyer's "short" arms "quite a liability".

I should also point out that Barryn Sorrell's wing span is only 2/3 of an inch larger than Sawyers as well. I also hope Packer fans don't freak out, but Sorrell's hands are each 1/2" smaller than Sawyers.

Joking aside. Yes, physical traits can be important, as can testing scores, but come on people, look at all and stop cherry picking.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

Are we sure he was in the green room all 3 days. I have heard and read different accounts. What I do know is that he was there on Day 3 which like you say was Disney Like.

I read that he arrived on Saturday to check out Green Bay and the draft.

 

[Heyjoe4]

Are we sure he was in the green room all 3 days. I have heard and read different accounts. What I do know is that he was there on Day 3 which like you say was Disney Like.

Sorrell said he stayed in his hotel room Thursday night. I'm sure he knew he wasn't going in the first round. I believe he was in the green room on day 2 and we know he was there day 3. It was a pretty cool thing.

 

[tynimiller]

Some guys are just flat Packer types….

This was posted by a professor he had.

 

[Heyjoe4]

Some guys are just flat Packer types….

This was posted by a professor he had.

That's a great story, thanks for posting. Wish Sorrell had time to put into practice what he learned in macro-economics. He'd be a valuable advisor, well, if anyone would listen.

I love the guy's dedication to work, just love it.

 

[OldSchool101]

That's a great story, thanks for posting. Wish Sorrell had time to put into practice what he learned in macro-economics. He'd be a valuable advisor, well, if anyone would listen.

I love the guy's dedication to work, just love it.

Id tell him I only want him to maintain a constant short Run Defensive and long Run Defensive equilibrium with unsustainable level of production expansion in Postseason right up until the last whistle of the SB. Then he can catch up from his mental fatigue and sleep depravation and spend time with his family he’s completely ignored.

 

[Heyjoe4]

Id tell him I only want him to maintain a constant short Run Defensive and long Run Defensive equilibrium with unsustainable level of production expansion in Postseason right up until the last whistle of the SB. Then he can catch up from his mental fatigue and sleep depravation and spend time with his family he’s completely ignored.

I haven't read anything about him ignoring his family. Where does that come from? A source would be useful to backup something like that. Not saying it isn't true, just would like to see more before making that judgement.

 

[AmishMafia]

I haven't read anything about him ignoring his family. Where does that come from? A source would be useful to backup something like that. Not saying it isn't true, just would like to see more before making that judgement.

Think he was going oldschool macroeconomics on us.

He seems like a great son who is very close to his family. And if he spent a ton of time working on football, he would be apart from his family for a long time.

 

[Heyjoe4]

Think he was going oldschool macroeconomics on us.

He seems like a great son who is very close to his family. And if he spent a ton of police working on football, he would be apart from his family for a long time.

Yeah and that certainly doesn't change in the pros. Time is precious and mostly devoted to the job.

 

[OldSchool101]

Yeah and that certainly doesn't change in the pros. Time is precious and mostly devoted to the job.

Yeah that was tongue in cheek sir

 

[Thirteen Below]

That's a great story, thanks for posting. Wish Sorrell had time to put into practice what he learned in macro-economics. He'd be a valuable advisor, well, if anyone would listen.

I love the guy's dedication to work, just love it.

I'll take this narrative a step further.

Tyni's intriguing nugget got me wondering how bright this guy must be; macro-econ is not a typical course on a star athlete's curriculum. So I went on the hunt for his Wonderlic, but it's becoming more and more uncommon now for players to do the Wonderlic.

What I got instead was this... he's an econ major, and econ is absolutely not exactly regarded as an easy "A" for athletes. It's very challenging, and few people choose that unless they have some specific longterm career in mind - teaching, government work, politics, international relations, banking, investments, etc.

Not a lot of football players are gonna be looking et economics; it takes a special kind of abstract and complex intellect to even gain such a degree, much less do well at it. It's not the sort of major chosen by jocks looking to maintain their academic eligibility.

The very fact this guy even chose that major says a lot about him; the fact that he worked so hard to make the grade once he realized how hard it was says even more, and the fact that he apparently did quite well academically certainly adds some frosting on the cake.

So this is a guy who set an extremely high goal for himself, and once he found it was much harder than he expected, he doubled down and pushed himself even harder to achieve it - rather than dial back on his goal.

I further found that he graduated from high school with a weighted GPA of 4.6, which is basically not only almost straight "A"s, but nearly straight "A"'s in some very difficult classes. It shows he's worked very hard his whole time in high school and scored "A"s in advanced placement classes, rather than coasting on a glide path and devoting most of his time and energy to football. He excelled at every task, and made a huge effort to insure he excelled academically in order to give himself the best possible chance for success at the next stage of his life, whatever it may be.

For perspective... 4.6 GPA is well above the minimum GPA for admission to Ivy League schools such as Harvard, Yale, etc. 4.6 on the first page of your application moves your file to the top layer of any school in the US.

By comparison, my wife is the smartest person I ever met in my life. She has a measured IQ between 155-160; won an academic scholarship in the 90s to one of the top 3 or 4 Ivy League prep schools in the country (Choate Rosemary Hall) , was a National Merit Scholar, was accepted at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton with a 1994 SAT score of 1590... and her weighted GPA was lower than his.

Granted, a lot of the coursework at Choate was university-level, but objectively speaking, Sorrell's academic record still tops hers. And she wasn't playing football at the same time.

Plus, in his last 2 years at Texas, he was a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee - a volunteer position in which he worked with the university's faculty and administration to help the university and its athletes work together to prepare the athletes for their best possible future.

Oh, and also a team captain his senior season... another trait Gute has valued very highly the last 2 drafts.

I'm not saying the guy is gonna be another Reggie White - it's unlikely his physical skills will be enough to get him to that level. But I think it's safe to expect that the kind of human being he is will be enough to take him a lot further in the NFL than most players who come into the league with similar skill sets. He's going to make certain of that.

The more I read about this kid, the more I think this may be one of the best picks Gutekunst made this year. I haven't seen any of this discussed in the post-draft analysis, and I'm surprised by that. This guy's got a hell of a lot going on here, and I think he's going to make damned sure that he turns out really special.