Abiola Aborishade standing outside of Gillette Stadium for last month asking for a Tryout

goheels22002 said:

Aborishade's numbers are in the Amendola range.

Amendola (5'10" - 189) ran a 4.58 40-yard dash and jumped 31.5" in the vertical leap. Amendola's 3-cone time was 6.81 seconds.

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Except for the 3cone and short shuttle. The three cone was 4.52 and short shuttle was 7.62 for Aborishade. Amendola was 4.25 3-come and a 6.81 Short Shuttle.. Again, possibly attributed to his not having access to the individualized training that D1 prospects get, but still not a good sign..

Anyone know what happened with this kid? This story kinda fell off the map..

DaBruinz said:

Anyone know what happened with this kid? This story kinda fell off the map..

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Still there beards a little greyer.

I was just thinking about this guy the other day

Would have been a neat story if he got the tryout but they probably didn't want to set a precedent and have a group of people with signs outside their stadium every summer wanting a tryout as well

JarOfMayo51 said:

I was just thinking about this guy the other day

Would have been a neat story if he got the tryout but they probably didn't want to set a precedent and have a group of people with signs outside their stadium every summer wanting a tryout as well

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That's got to be it, or at least a big factor into the equation; otherwise, he's likely already proven himself worthy of at least an hour or two of their time.

DaBruinz said:

Anyone know what happened with this kid? This story kinda fell off the map..

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I recently read an update about a week ago stating that he's still out there, even during the downtime of mid-July prior to TC.

He's mentioned how both Brady and Edelman were continuing to show up during a period normally associated with the last down time before February, not that it will surprise anyone.

I quite like the idea of our very own one day combine, invite 100 or so people every year. I mean we bring in like 20 or so don't we to kick the tires off and do due diligence anyway.

Big Bucks said:

I quite like the idea of our very own one day combine, invite 100 or so people every year. I mean we bring in like 20 or so don't we to kick the tires off and do due diligence anyway.

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Isn't that what the Eagles did at one point?? Isn't that how they signed Vince Papale for whom the movie "Invincible" was filmed?

jv320i said:

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There are around 625 college football teams which roughly means 19 out of every 20 football players will not play football again after college.

That's many a shattered dream for thousands of kids from all over. Especially those that have nothing to fall back on. We all love success stories, but for every success story, there's dozens and dozens of those who don't make it. Just makes me shudder to think about that.