Former Georgia Tech TE Tyler Davis Selected By Jacksonville Jaguars

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00:00 >> And Tyler, tight ends obviously come in all shapes and sizes from,

00:04 you know, blocking guys to move tight ends.

00:07 How would you describe your game for us?

00:09 >> Yeah, so I'd say I'm a pretty well rounded tight end.

00:16 I've done everything in my career from putting my hand down in the dirt to being

00:19 off the ball to being in the slot.

00:21 I think that's one of the biggest things that helped me in my whole career is

00:26 my versatility and my size and my speed for

00:31 being as big as I am is definitely gonna set up mismatches all over the field.

00:35 So that's the way that I would describe myself as a player.

00:39 >> So in your conversations with the Jaguars, did they talk to you specifically

00:43 about how they would like to use you, how they've kind of see you transitioning

00:48 into the NFL?

00:51 >> Yeah, so it'd be a lot of the same stuff that I've been doing in college.

00:56 Like I said, putting your hand in the dirt and then being able to play off the ball

01:01 and people are driving by honking, it is crazy.

01:06 But yeah, just do both.

01:09 Be able to use my athleticism to set up mismatches across the field.

01:14 So it's been about that.

01:17 >> And you were able to participate in your pro day, correct?

01:21 >> Yeah, how about that?

01:21 I got real lucky.

01:22 >> Yeah, I wanna ask you about that.

01:24 How much of an impact do you think that made?

01:27 I'm sure you were able to talk to a bunch of coaches and everything.

01:30 How much of an impact do you think that made in you being selected today?

01:32 >> Huge, huge impact because the night before my pro day I had

01:39 about maybe a 45 minute conversation with a scout for the Jaguars.

01:46 And I knew that they were pretty interested and

01:49 he was interested to see what kind of day that I was gonna have.

01:51 And then I had my pro day, I was lucky to get it in.

01:55 And he saw the numbers after and he said, we will for

01:58 sure be in touch after those numbers that I put up.

02:02 And probably the next week or so, got a call from Coach Middleton and

02:09 he was just interested to see what I could do.

02:14 And then he watched my film more and more.

02:17 And I think just the interest grew building up to this thing and

02:21 I'm just so happy that it ended up in Jacksonville.