CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers on Monday signed an enormous undertaking to develop as a decent finish.
Massive as in 6-foot-8 and 245 kilos.
Former Division I basketball participant Colin Granger will start his journey into soccer after 5 years of enjoying school basketball at Ohio, Western Carolina and Coastal Carolina this season.
As a result of he’s 5 years faraway from highschool, he was out there to signal as a free agent. He was eligible to be drafted by any group final yr.
He’ll compete for taking part in time with Tommy Tremble, Ja’Tavion Sanders, Jordan Matthews, James Mitchell and Dominique Dafney.
This isn’t the primary time that Carolina coach Dave Canales and common supervisor Dan Morgan have been part of an experiment with a former basketball participant. Each had been in Seattle when the Seahawks signed former Western Kentucky basketball and soccer participant George Fant (6-5, 315 kilos) to be a hybrid deal with/tight finish.
Fant has performed seven seasons with Seattle, the New York Jets and the Houston Texans. Fant has been working with Granger and instructed the Panthers about him.
The distinction is Granger hasn’t performed soccer for the reason that eighth grade.
The Panthers are hoping Granger will comply with within the footsteps of Tony Gonzalez, Antonio Gates, Jimmy Graham and others who’ve gone from school basketball to the NFL as profitable tight ends.
