In "NFL Scouting Combine", some players are drawing attention, overcoming the handicap and leaving good results.
It is LB Shaquem Griffin from the UCF.
Griffin has no point from the left hand wrist. He was born with a disorder called amniotic syndrome on the left hand.
It is said that deformity prevents the growth of the left hand, which is said to be accompanied by severe pain every time it is touched. Griffin can not bear much pain, he said he tried to cut his left hand with a kitchen knife around the age of 4.
The mother who found it got into a stop in a hurry, she underwent surgery and she cut the tip from the left wrist.
His parents raised without distinction from the twin brother Shaquille in spite of the disability of Griffin. One of them is to play football.
Sometimes it seems that they were refused to participate because of a disability, but their parents enthusiastically persuaded and raised Griffin as a football player.
Griffin is now one of the most talked-about players in combine. In the bench press held on Saturday I raised the 225 pound barbell 20 times and surprised the surroundings.
On the next day's 40 yards run I gave a good record for 4 seconds 38. This is the fastest player since 2003 as LB player.
Griffin is not that he has overcome the obstacle, he is intensely appealing himself with his high athletic ability.
Many NFL scouts seem to think Griffin as a special team member and then think of it as an object to train to LB or S.
There is also an expectation that it will be nominated around 5 rounds in the April draft.
Griffin has a good record at the University of Central Florida. In the first two years he played as a DB and later turned to LB and was often appointed as a passer.
Griffin is proving he’s much more than just a great story. The 2016 American Athletic Conference (AAC) Defensive Player of the Year didn’t even get an invite to the Combine until after he wowed everybody at the Senior Bowl last month.In the Peach Bowl, he contributed to the victory with 1.5 and 5 sacks of loss tackle, shining for defensive MVP.
NFL's HC and GM gathered and gathered in the senior bowl to see the play as DL, LB, DB was requested.
That is, NFL scouts are widely thinking about positions that can utilize Griffin. That will increase his chances of entering the NFL.
In recent years there are no examples of players like Griffin entering the NFL. If we can break that precedent, we will be on the same stage as brother shaquill who is already playing as CB after three rounds nomination from Seahawks in last year 's draft.
It must be a line of light, giving hope to all people with disabilities.