Tus Saib Xyuas Zion Johnson tau lig rau kev ncaws pob tab sis Ib qho kev xaiv ntxov ntxov rau Los Angeles Chargers

Qhov zoo Zion Johnson tau caij npav thiab nws mloog nws tus neeg tsav tsheb. Txwv tsis pub Johnson yuav tsis yog Los Angeles Chargers 'thawj puag ncig xaiv.

Johnson, Boston College tus neeg saib xyuas xaiv 17th tag nrho los ntawm LA, tau lig rau kev ncaws pob tab sis tsis yog rau nws kev thauj mus los tom qab kawm ntawv.

Johnson nyob hauv Riverside Baptist pab pawg ntaus golf hauv Upper Marlboro, Maryland thaum nws caij nws lub tsev thiab cov lus qhia tuaj tias nws yuav tsum sim ncaws pob.

"Qhov ntawd yog ib feem ntawm nws," Johnson hais rau cov xov xwm ntawm lub chaw Chargers rau hnub Friday hauv nws thawj zaug mus ntsib California. "Nws yog nws thiab kuv niam tiag tiag."

Nws yog kev cai raus dej los ntawm hluav taws thaum Johnson hloov kev ua si rau nws xyoo junior. Tab sis nws tau pom tseeb los ntawm nws lub cev kis las thiab kev ntseeg siab rau chav hnyav uas nws muaj cov cuab yeej ua tau zoo.

"Kuv nyob ntawm lub laj kab hais txog nws," tam sim no 6-ko taw-3, 312-phaus Johnson hais txog kev tshem nws cov pas. "Kuv zoo li rov qab mus rau ib ntus vim kuv tsis tau ua si. Kuv twb undersized thiab kuv yeej tsis paub ntau txog qhov ins-thiab-outs ntawm ua ib tug football player.'

Los ntawm qhov ntawd nws tau tsaws hauv Southern California qhov twg In-N-Out yog huab tais, nrog rau lub sijhawm los pab thauj tog rau nkoj Chargers 'kab uas tiv thaiv lub hnub qub quarterback Justin Herbert rau yav tom ntej.

Cov Chargers tam sim no yog khav ntawm ib daim ntawv teev npe uas nws thauj khoom nrog cov neeg txawj ntse ntawm ob sab ntawm pob. LA tus thawj tswj hwm Tom Telesco tau txais lub teeb nrog Johnson ua qhov ntxiv rau lub hauv paus.

"Cov neeg saib xyuas yog tib neeg, txoj cai?" Telesco hais. "Kuv paub tias nws tsis yog tus neeg nyiam deev hauv ntiaj teb no, tab sis nws tawv, nws ruaj khov, nws ntse."

Telesco kuj tau coj mus rau Johnson zaj dab neeg nrog rau nws cov ntaub ntawv pov thawj ntawm kev ua All-America thiab All-ACC honoree. Washington txoj kev mus rau NFL tau ntim nrog lub qhov, tab sis nws ua siab ntev.

Telesco tau hais tias "Koj nyiam pom qhov kev cia siab uas yuav tsum tau daws cov xwm txheej nyuaj," Telesco tau hais.

Johnson tau txheeb xyuas lub thawv ntawd lub sijhawm thiab dua. Tshiab rau football raws li ib tug junior nyob rau hauv high school, nws tau mus ua si nyob rau hauv Davidson ntawm ib tug uas tsis yog-scholarship theem.

Johnson tau ci ntsa iab nyob ntawd thiab tom qab ntawd hloov mus rau Boston College, qhov chaw nws tau txais nws cov kab txaij dua thiab ua rau nws tus kheej ua tus neeg saib xyuas thib ob xaiv hauv cov qauv.

Telesco tau hais tias "Nws tsuas yog ib tus neeg ua si zoo sib xws - khiav kev ua si, hla kev ua si," Telesco tau hais. "Peb yuav pom hauv kev cob qhia camp, tab sis kuv tsis xav tias nws yuav tsum yog qhov kev kawm loj rau nws."

LA qhov kev xaiv thib ob tuaj rau hauv qhov thib peb thaum nws coj Baylor cornerback JT Woods (79th ovearll). Lub caij dhau los Woods 'rau kev cuam tshuam khi rau tus thawj coj ntawm FBS players.

Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jayparis/2022/04/29/guard-zion-johnson-was-late-to-football-but-an-early-draft-pick-for-the- los-angeles-chargers/