More on Bowden who is being called up from the PS for this game.
"During our conversation that afternoon, I told Bowden I’d seen him play once in high school, in a state playoff game against Chardon. I told him I remembered him running for 300 yards in that game."
“Sir,” Bowden said. “I ran for 368 and six touchdowns. And I threw another one.”
Indeed, he did.
“The most dominating performance I’ve ever seen. The most dominant player at that level I’ve ever seen,” Chardon coach Mitch Hewitt said. “We had what we felt was a team good enough to win the state championship that year. And one guy ended that. He got tough yards, he cut back, he made four guys miss … just incredible.
“We played against
Kareem Hunt, too, and I’d say (Hunt and Bowden) are just the most advanced, most gifted high school players I’ve seen up close. Without going into some deep scouting report, the difference is Kareem ran some of our guys over, but sometimes we got in some clean shots on him. With Bowden, he just spun and juked and ran all over the place. He had me wondering if we even had 11 guys out there because he made it look like we didn’t.”
The complication of the NFL evaluation comes when finding a role for Bowden; in creating a chance to get him the ball and let him showcase his talents. He obviously has shown he can both run over and run around high school and college competition. For what it’s worth, Bowden’s Pro Football Focus rushing grade for his final college season was 87.2.
Lamar Jackson in his final season had a rushing grade of 86.8.
“Lynn’s football IQ is off the charts,” Arnold said. “I can’t sit here and say I know what goes on in an NFL meeting with a game plan and all that stuff, but if you teach Lynn something or ask him to learn something, he’ll figure it out. He went to Kentucky and he learned all the receiver positions. He figured out what he needs to do on a punt return so that it might go 80 yards. I’m telling you, I’m excited for him because he has the talent to do it. Whatever he needs to learn, he’ll do it.
“Just get him the ball."
"I was young ... running up and down these streets. Now, I don't even come out of the house unless it's to go work out or get some food."
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