Has probably already been discussed but too many posts to sift through. I would think he would walk if he was even thinking about leaving. Has he or anyone confirmed that he's going to come back next year?
No Emmanwori on Senior Day?
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Yes, Beamer leaves it up to the player.
He will let juniors walk if they are planning to leave for the NFL draft.
I noticed that too, but it would be shocking if he came back.
From his perspective, I guess.
I tend to look at it from the team perspective. Have never been a fan of guys leaving early if it makes us weaker as a team (which it almost always has). But I know that ship has sailed and team is now secondary.
As a fan of course I want him to come back. But football careers can be very short lived. NIL money still isn’t NFL money and it’s a very small window for most. The players who can get it should go get it while they can.
Emmanwori has a first round grade. Beamer and Gray and his momma all need to tell him to go. If he stays, that's his choice.
I'd love to see Emmanwori in Garnet and Black next season, but he should go to the NFL.
I'd love to see Emmanwori in Garnet and Black next season, but he should go to the NFL.
Should he? I dunno.
If you look at someone like Peyton Manning, was his NFL career hampered by coming back for his senior year? Has his financial wherewithal been set back by that one year he passed up in the NFL? He came back because he took it personally and had unfinished business in college. I like the confidence it takes to make a decision like that, when a player bets on himself.
From the team perspective, it would be a MAJOR shot in the arm for a player of his caliber to say "yeah, I wanna come back for one more shot". It would send a strong signal to the rest of the team that he believes in the product coming back next year.
I know that kind of thing doesn't happen anymore. Sure would help. Maybe if we were Bama or UGA with talent 2 and 3 deep across the board, I'd say "sure, he should go pro" but we have never and probably will never at that point. It's just detrimental to our overall progress as a program when our best players leave early. But I suppose this is the cycle we are bound to. Bring in some good players, develop a good team, then they leave and we start over again.
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