There's a new name shooting up on NFL Draft boards, and it's ... former Rutgers/Arizona/Pittsburgh quarterback Tom Savage?
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Per his agent, former #Pitt QB Tom Savage was invited to New York for next month’s NFL Draft. Hasn’t decided whether or not to attend.
— Sam Werner (@SWernerPG) April 17, 2014 Why is Tom Savage allegedly shooting up NFL Draft boards? We have no idea. Here are some facts about him to help out:
- Considered a raw talent by NFL evaluators, despite having started 11 games in 2009
- Throws footballs hard
- Is a Schiano/Stoops/Chryst/Etc. Man
- The older brother of Randy "Macho Man" Savage
- One anonymous NFL scout called him a "poor man's Brett Smith"
- Unemployed
- Wu-Tang nickname: St. Acorn Skink
- Has one of four rotary cellphones still in existence
- Once completed three consecutive passes in practice
- Has a pet bird named "Bird"
- Set an NFL combine record with 87-inch hands
- Is approximately two Fluties tall
- Invented the balloon
- Predates tattoos, therefore doesn't have any
- Has fun out there, but not too much fun
- Is not a Forcier (is older than Tate Forcier)
- Takes precaution not to wear baseball caps on windy days, lest the brim get blown off center on accident
- Might or might not be better than Chas Dodd at this point
- Competitive, but willing to be a backup and learn from a veteran leader
- Has shown he has what it takes to win at the NFL level by going 3-1 in four starts for the Arizona Cardinals in 2009
- Spurned Rich Rodriguez because he believes anything other than a pro-style offense is unsporting
- Another anonymous NFL scout described Savage as "friendly and handsome, but not TOO friendly and handsome"
- Was high school teammates with former Jets QB Browning Nagle
- Can hand off the ball to either side
- Pronounces GIF with a hard G
- Arizona transfer actually a cover for his time spent inventing bitcoin
- So committed to rising and grinding he doesn't sleep, much less have time to tweet about it
- Is definitely, definitely not Brady Quinn
- Has read the Game of Thrones books, but does not constantly talk about it
- Likely the only man to ever survive both the Beef and Pizza bowls
- Is incredibly, incredibly young on the Weeden Scale
- Will be selected first overall by the Texans, marking the third time he has been picked in the first round. The first two times, he was too humble to tell anyone about it
The actual answer
The actual answer
@JasonKirkSBN tom savage once won the annual Heinz Chug, a yearly Pitt festival of condiment consumption and general tomato-based debauchery
— Spilly (@IAmSpilly) April 17, 2014 Let us know your Tom Savage facts in the comments!
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