<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>NFL.com wire reportsSTORRS, Conn. (April 30, 2006) -- Connecticut basketball player Ed Nelson signed a two-year, free-agent deal with the St. Louis Rams following the NFL draft."I didn't think I'd get drafted," said Nelson, expected to play tight end. "It's risky for a team to draft me, but a lot of teams know my potential."Nelson, a 6-foot-8, 265-pound senior power forward, hasn't played football since his freshman year of high school.Nelson, from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., played 29 games as a reserve for the UConn basketball team after transferring from Georgia Tech, where he was the ACC rookie of the year in 2001-02. He averaged three points and three rebounds at Connecticut.At St. Thomas Aquinas High School, he averaged 26 points and 11 rebounds in his senior year and led the team to the Class 5A state title. He was named Florida Player of the Year for Class 6A-5A-4A by the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.Nelson will graduate from Connecticut this weekend."It's a pretty big weekend," he said.</div>Hope this works out fpr him. Teams are taking anyone these days to convert them to a football player.
Well ever since Antonio Gates, people are taking a second look at all the NCAA basketball players who want to turn pro.
I knew the name was framiliar. Giants signed the George Mason guy Jai Lewis or something like that to play TE also. E'eryone is just hopin' for another A-Gates.
lol....rams must love TE's. Jai lewis is also trying out at DE. I think he would be better suited there.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bobferg @ May 1 2006, 01:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>lol....rams must love TE's. Jai lewis is also trying out at DE. I think he would be better suited there.</div>Only problem there is Lewis has no shot at making DE for the Giants. They're already extremely deep there. Lewis could get the 3rd TE spot on the Giants though, so well see.
