Good Sports: NFL hopefuls visit Clovis facility for training

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- With the assemblage shot play wrapped up, NFL hopefuls from colleges crossed the federation person made Athletic Performance successful Old Town Clovis their caller home.

For 8 weeks, much than a twelve players are engaged sharpening their skills for their college's upcoming pro days successful March.

"During the season, it's much conscionable getting large and getting swole," says Memphis OLB Jaylon Allen.

"For a regular season, you're watching tape, you're doing a clump of different stuff," says Oregon State OLB John McCartan. "I deliberation close now, it's conscionable absorption connected yourself."

Guys similar Allen and McCartan are focused connected showing scouts they tin get to the quarterback.

"I conscionable got to beryllium that I'm bully capable and I'm steadfast capable to enactment connected the field," says Purdue OL Daniel Johnson.

Johnson does his champion to enactment steadfast aft suffering a torn ACL backmost successful 2022.

"They've been doing a large occupation -- we've been getting active," Allen said.

Although he's not from the Valley, Johnny Hudson Jr. has called Fresno location for the past 2 seasons.

"I'm trying to get that other rep, you cognize what I mean," helium said.

A person connected Fresno State's antiaircraft front, you mightiness admit Hudson Jr. from starring the 'Dogs down the ramp this past season.

"Put a batch of bully worldly connected movie truthful they ticker film, they'll spot that I tin beryllium beauteous disruptive," helium said. "I cognize however to get to the shot from constituent A to constituent B."

Other locals similar South Florida's Jayson Littlejohn person turned the grooming into a homecoming.

"It's been a chill acquisition coming backmost to my roots," helium said.

The Sierra Pacific postgraduate has been connected rather the journey, going from College of the Sequoias successful Visalia to a Bull successful South Florida.

Outside of three-cone drills and 40-times, the players are utilizing the acquisition arsenic a mode to bounce ideas disconnected each other.

"Just being capable to spot what they deliberation -- whether it's lifting, technique-wise, immoderate they like, conscionable proceeding their stories, backgrounds, it's been cool," McCartan said.

It's besides go a boys' nine for guys hoping to perceive their names called successful the NFL Draft travel April.

We're each moving out, we're each bonding," Hudson Jr. said. "It's similar a small family."

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