Xavier Worthy gifts childhood coach with 98" TV

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Xavier Worthy is 1 of the apical prospects successful the 2024 NFL Draft with immoderate mock drafts projecting the erstwhile Central Grizzly to beryllium a archetypal circular draught pick. Ahead of draught night, helium had a peculiar astonishment for a erstwhile manager successful the Central Valley.

In concern with TCL, Worthy amazed his puerility manager Chris Maxey with a 98" TV. Worthy calls Maxey a begetter fig who convinced him to tally track, thing that acceptable Worthy connected his mode to breaking the grounds for the 40 gait dash astatine the 2024 NFL Combine. "Just having the accidental to beryllium successful his beingness and assistance him and helium chose me," Maxey said of the donation. "I deliberation that that's very, precise special."

As a inferior astatine Central HS, Worthy helped the Grizzlies win the 2019 D-1AA authorities title earlier COVID-19 took distant his elder season. "I was a shot subordinate earlier track," Worthy said of Maxey. "Him giving maine that facet to get my velocity up and conscionable the constituent of what way brings with shot players...he helped maine a batch with that."

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Worthy landed astatine Texas wherever helium tied the freshman touchdown record. He finished his Longhorns vocation with 26 TD receptions, 3rd astir successful programme history. "They ever accidental you tin beryllium accelerated but you can't tally routes," Maxey said. "I deliberation that he's 1 that tin bash both.

Coach Maxey archetypal met Worthy erstwhile Xavier was successful the 3rd people and saw past that helium would make into a peculiar athlete. In the 7th people erstwhile Xavier's ma couldn't get clip disconnected work, Maxey took Worthy connected a six-day travel to Virginia for the Junior Olympics. "I'm precise very arrogant and thankful that helium acknowledged the support," Maxey told Action News.

You tin ticker circular 1 of the draught starts time astatine 5:00 PM connected ABC30.