UTEP players excited to showcase skills at pro day
UTEP players excited to showcase skills at pro day
There are 17 local players on the UTEP Miners football roster this spring.Linebacker Jayden Wilson transferred back to his hometown after playing at New Mexico for two years.Quarterback Shay Smith, a former Franklin High School star, is competing for a starting spot.
There will always be a place for local recruits in Scotty Walden’s UTEP football program.
This spring there are 17 locals on the Miners’ roster, a fairly normal number that represents a mix of scholarship players on the two-deep and walkons looking to work their way there.
One of those currently on the two deep include a newcomer transfer in Jayden Wilson, a linebacker who graduated from Austin as one of the most decorated two-way players in the city (he was also a running back at Austin) before heading to New Mexico for two years.
UTEP has always been home for quarterback Shay Smith, the former Franklin star and son all-time UTEP football great Paul Smith, who played eight years in the NFL and now owns a West side gym.
Smith is in his second year at UTEP after playing in specialty roles as a Wildcat quarterback last season.
Here is a look at two El Pasoans looking to make their mark this spring.
Jayden Wilson loves being back in El Paso
Wilson still remembers where he was when he got the offer to come to UTEP.
He was lightly recruited by the previous staff but ultimately wasn’t offered, leading him up to his best alternative, New Mexico.
He made an impact there, playing 23 games in two seasons, but he always had an eye on what was going on in El Paso. He could figuratively hear Walden from Albuquerque.
“The dynamic they were building over here, even when I was at UNM, I’d look on Twitter, see the coaching staff, coach Walden, very amped up all the time,” Wilson…
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