Meet the NFL Draft hopeful who hasn’t made a mistake in his career

Martin Rogers

FOX Sports Insider

Everyone makes mistakes in the National Football League. Patrick Mahomes, the greatest of all superstars, who now has three Super Bowl rings, threw 14 picks last season and saw a third of his passes fall incomplete. 

Wide receivers drop balls. Linemen get outmaneuvered. Coverages get blown. Kickers miss field goals. 

Yet as you read this, there is an NFL hopeful out there putting in long hours who went through his entire college career without screwing up a single time. Not once. 

Simon Samarzich is a long snapper out of Washington State who is hoping for an opportunity in the pros. Specialists in his position rarely get drafted. There are at most, maybe one or two per year drafted in the late rounds, and those who get to long snap at the highest level usually find themselves unemployed if they’re responsible for the ball going awry at a key moment. 

Samarzich’s consistency was his hallmark during his five years and 56 games with the Cougars. He had no botched snaps, no deliveries sent sailing over a holder’s head, no punts returned for a touchdown. He was as consistent and reliable as anyone.

But he is not Caleb Williams or Drake Maye, outstanding QB prospects who might as well start counting their millions now. 

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Samarzich has signed with agent Bardia Ghahremani but once late April’s draft wraps up, he will most likely be in a category with countless other optimists around the country — seeking to either grab an undrafted free agent deal or land a spot at training camp. 

“There are a bunch of guys out there working as hard as they’ve ever worked in their life, and you’re just hoping for someone to give you that one chance to show that you can do this,” Samarzich told me this week.  

“My position is one of those interesting ones. If you’re doing the right thing, you don’t get noticed. If people…

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Publish date : 2024-02-23 20:46:51

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