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>>> THE
>>> THE KARE11 SPORTS DESK IS SPONSORED BY DAIRY QUEEN.
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>>> WELCOME TO THE KARE11 SPORTS EXTRA.
SPORTS EXTRA. LATER THIS MONTH THE NFL
SCOUTING COMBINE WILL TAKE
PLACE IN INDIANAPOLIS AS IT
DOES EVERY YEAR.
THE NFL SCOUTS AND EXECUTIVES
WILL SPEND SEVERAL DAYS POKING
AND PRODDING AND PUTTING TO THE
TEST AN ELITE GROUP OF COLLEGE
FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO HOPE TO BE
DRAFTED.
DRAFTED.
DRAFTED. IF YOU ARE NOT ONE OF THE 337
PLAYERS THERE IS STILL HOPE TO
CATCH ON WITH AN NFL TEAM.
COLLEGES INVITED SCOUTS TO PRO
DAYS AND THAT IS WHERE OUR
STORY BEGINS, WITH THREE LOCAL
PLAYERS PREPARING FOR THEIR
SHOT TO IMPRESS.
>>
>> YOU
>> YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, YOU JUST HAVE TO TRAIN.
>>
>> TO
>> TO GET
>> TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY IN THE NFL, JUST TRYING TO
ENJOY EVERY SNAP OF THE
FOOTBALL.
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>>
>> IT
>> IT IS
>> IT IS AN INTERESTING TIME BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW AND ALL
YOU ARE DOING IS TRAINING AND
EVERY DAY YOU ARE DOING ALL
THIS STUFF JUST FOR A SINGLE
WORKOUT AND TWO HOPE PEOPLE
LIKE IT.
LIKE IT.
LIKE IT. >> EVERYONE IS GOING THROUGH
THE PROCESS AND THEY KNOW THEY
CAN PLAY IN THE NFL AND YOU
NEED THAT CONFIDENCE.
>> I LIKE THE PRESSURE.
I THINK IT HELPS ME AND
PRESSURE MAKES DIAMONDS.
BUT, AT THE SAME TIME I TRY TO
HAVE FUN AND ENJOY THE JOURNEY
WHILE I HAVE IT.
>> I JUST KNOW THAT IS MY GAME
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. >>
DAY. >> COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL I
DID NOT HAVE SCHOLARSHIP
OFFERS, SO I DECIDED TO WALK
ONTO MINNESOTA.
ONTO MINNESOTA. I HAD THREE HEAD COACHES IN THE
60 LINE COACHES.
YOU HAVE TO PROVE YOURSELF
EVERY YEAR.
EVERY YEAR. >> THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING I HAVE BEEN ASKED IS MY
40 AND MY TOP END SPEED.
IT IS BEEN ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH
THE ATHLETES IN THE NFL.
>> AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU
PUT IN IS GOING TO PAY OFF.
YOU HAVE ALL THE PRESSURE PUT
ON YOU AND YOU CAN DECIDE WHAT
TO DO.
TO DO.
TO DO. IF
TO DO. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVE
YOURSELF THAT IS GREAT, THE
CHIPS WILL FALL WHERE THEY FALL
AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE PEACE WITH
THAT.
>>
>> THOSE
>> THOSE THREE AND ALL OTHER DRAFT HOPEFULS ARE HOLDING THE
TRAINING IN EAGAN.
AND BILL KNOWS A THING OR TWO
ABOUT GETTING A COLLEGE
FOOTBALL PLAYER NFL READY.
DAVE SCHWARTZ HAS MORE.
REEMACK
REEMACK NO WATCHES FOOTBALL A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU AND
I.
I.
I. >>
I. >> I
I. >> I DO IT FOR EVEN JUST
RUNNING AROUND OR WATCHING
MOVIES.
MOVIES.
MOVIES. MY KIDS ARE LIKE DAD, YOU SEE
THAT RUBBING FORM?
REEMACK NOTICING HOW THEY USE
THEIR BODIES IS HIS JOB.
HE HAS BEEN GETTING FOOTBALL
PROSPECTS READY FOR THE NFL
COMBINE.
COMBINE.
COMBINE. >> WE ARE WORKING TO PERFECT
THE DRILLS THEY WILL DO AT THE
PRO-DAY OR AT THE COMBINE.
REEMACK WHILE HE ORIGINALLY
STARTED WITH CHRIS CARTER, HE
WOULD TRAIN ATHLETES AND THEN
COME HOME TO MINNESOTA AFTER.
NOW, HE WORKS OUT OF THE
TRAINING HOUSE IN EAGAN WHERE
EVERYTHING HE NEEDS, TRAINING,
NUTRITION AND REHAB, IS ALL
UNDER ONE ROOF.
>> IT ENDS UP BEING BETTER FOR
THE ATHLETE.
THE ATHLETE. FOR ME, I HAVE LEARNED MORE IN
THE LAST YEAR TO ADD TO MY
LIBRARY.
LIBRARY.
LIBRARY. REEMACK WHICH IS SAYING A LOT
BECAUSE HIS LIBRARY OF SUCCESS
STORIES IS VAST.
HE HAS WORKED WITH 400 COLLEGE
ATHLETES, 40 OF WHICH HAVE
BECOME FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICKS
BUT EVERY PLAYERS BODY IS
DIFFERENT AND WAYS OF TRAINING
HAVE EVOLVED.
HAVE EVOLVED. WHICH IS WHY HE HAS BEEN A
STUDENT OF THE COMBINE PROCESS
FOR DECADES.
FOR DECADES. >> WE DID NOT LEARN THIS IN
SCHOOL, I PROMISE YOU THAT.
YOU DO BECOME A STUDENT OF THE
GAME BUT MORE STUDENT OF THE
TECHNIQUES.
TECHNIQUES. >> THAT IS HOW YOU GET
SOMEBODY'S 300 POUND LINEMAN TO
RUN A CRAZY FAST-FORWARD.
>> A LOT OF THESE ATHLETES,
THEY JUST RUN.
NOBODY HAS EVER TAUGHT THEM THE
SPECIFICS OF WE BREAK DOWN THE
40 AND A VIDEO ANALYSIS TWO
THOUSANDTHS OF SECONDS.
>> THE DIFFERENCE IN SALARIES
BETWEEN THE 10th AND 20th
OVERALL PICK WAS $6.3 MILLION.
MAKING A GUY LIKE BILL