JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The bottom level of City Meyer’s first NFL draft got here courtesy of the New York Giants.
Meyer informed ESPN’s Faculty GameDay on Friday that it “broke his coronary heart” when a staff chosen a participant he was focusing on with the 25th general decide. Meyer reluctantly admitted on Saturday that the participant was former Florida receiver Kadarius Toney, whom the New York Giants took with the 20th decide.
“I’ve gotten to know him during the last couple weeks and clearly my reference to [Gators] coach [Dan] Mullen and people guys,” Meyer mentioned. “You watch [Toney] play, he is a human spotlight reel.”
With Toney gone, Meyer and the Jaguars opted for Clemson operating again Travis Etienne. He really is a greater match based mostly on the best way the Jaguars plan to make use of him– much like the best way Meyer used Percy Harvin when he was the pinnacle coach at Florida.
Harvin lined up within the backfield, within the slot, at receiver and ran for 1,852 yards and 19 touchdowns and caught 133 passes for 1,929 yards and 13 touchdowns in three seasons for the Gators. Along with speeding for an ACC-record four,952 yards and 70 TDs in 4 seasons for the Tigers, Etienne additionally caught 102 passes for 1,155 yards and eight TDs — together with 85 receptions for 1,020 yards and 6 TDs within the final two seasons.
Toney caught 120 passes for 1,590 yards and 12 TDs and ran for 580 yards and two TDs in 4 seasons at Florida.
“He is way more than a operating again,” Meyer mentioned of Etienne. “He is a slash. We didn’t recruit him simply because he is a operating again. We in all probability would not have. He is a man that had quite a lot of manufacturing within the passing recreation at Clemson. He is bought glorious fingers and he’ll be twin educated.
“These [dual-threat players] are laborious to seek out, too, but when you’ll find one we all know learn how to use him. With him I anticipate him [to make] an immediate influence.”
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