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🔟 pieces of advice to rooks from a former college & pro 🏈 coach. #NFLDraft

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1. The hand-holding is officially over. Remember in college how the player develop. person, tutor & position coach would make sure you went to psych class? Nah, that's done.✌️
2. Fall in love with the special teams coach. That's the tweet.
3. Keep a list of everybody who starts popping up out of the blue and into your life like a genie. Stay away.
4. Rent an apartment in Year 1. Don't buy.
5. See #4.
6. The default answer to all requests for cash, clothes and connections is: No.
7. Speaking of telling people "No".... if you're not comfortable telling people "No", find someone who is, and make them your filter.
8. Take notes in EVERY meeting you attend from today until the day you retire. I don't care if it's a team meeting, meeting with a team doctor, or whatever.
You will need RECEIPTS.
Keep all of those notes in a safe place at your home.
Trust me.
9. Just b/c a team picked you, doesn't mean that everyone in the bldg is a fan of you.
You may be the GM's pick, the head coach's pick OR the owner's pick. VERY RARELY are all 3 of them aligned. So, walk in the building as if someone is looking for a reason to cut you EVERY DAY.
10. Have fun.
You're in the 99.9999999999999999999999999th percentile of humanity. Enjoy the ride (just don't get too comfortable 🤣).
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