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Wildcat football players present talents on the pro day



Aly Bayliss



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Evan Nemec






Abilene -seven former ACU soccer players took part in a Pro -Day training before the scouts of the NFL and the Canadian Football League on Monday afternoon.

Eight scouts were present, which according to the head coach were present Keith Pattersondoubles the amount that was on the 2024 per day of the ACU. Scouts who represent the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL, Kansas City Chiefs, Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots, San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers, and the CLFL stamped of the CFL were in the wildcat stage.

Run back Sam HicksRecipient Nehemiah Martinez IPresent Blayne Taylor And Trey Clevelandand defensively back Izaiah Kelley took part in the bench press, vertical and broad jumps, the 40-yard fittings board and went through position-specific exercises on the field.

Kicker Ritse Vaes Field goals for scouts also tried. Kayode OladeleAn ACU defender, who graduated in 2023, also took part with two recipients at Hardin-Simmons University.

Patterson said after his first season at ACU only two scouts at the Wildcats 2023 Pro Day event appeared. Four professional scouts took part in the following year. He believes that the increase in professional football is a director's correlation to the success of ACU on the field.

The ACU went 9: 4 last year, won the United Athletic Conference championship and made it into the second round of the FCS playoffs.

The wildcats open the spring practice on Tuesday and will continue on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays for five weeks with the exercises. A spring game will not take place.