All soccer gamers rising up fantasize about getting “the call,” welcoming them to the NFL.
For N’Keal Harry, he needed to battle by way of some technical difficulties earlier than residing out his childhood dream.
Harry was chosen by the New England Patriots with the 32nd general decide within the 2019 NFL Draft. The Arizona State product was overcome with emotion as he spoke with Patriots brass, whose preliminary name to the massive extensive receiver was unsuccessful.
“So the call at first wasn’t even working,” Harry mentioned Thursday throughout an interview with NFL Network. “Like out in Scottsdale, in the mountains so my phone wasn’t even working at first. We couldn’t get them on the line. One of my agents actually had to reach out, ending up getting them on the phone and then Coach (Bill) Belichick was talking to me. He congratulated me and told me they were gonna fly me out and to just get ready. And then Mr. (Robert) Kraft, he was just congratulating me as well, saying they’re excited to get me out there and we’re ready to go.”
Harry may must have a phrase together with his mobile phone supplier.
It’s simple to know why Belichick and Kraft each are enthusiastic about Harry, whose spotlight reels comprise fairly a couple of eye-popping performs. New England addressed its most urgent want by drafting the 21-year-old Thursday evening, and the franchise will search for him to make an instantaneous influence upon arriving in Foxboro.
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