There are many athletes who are children of former NFL players who try to follow in their fathers’ footsteps as professional athletes, but few succeed. The most recent success story is that of Jeremiah Trotter Jr, linebacker for the Clemson Tigers.
The Philadelphia Eagles used the 20th pick in the fifth round of the 2024 NFL Draft to draft Trotter Jr., son of Jeremiah Trotter. His father, also a linebacker, spent eight of the 11 years of his professional career with the Pennsylvania team during which he received four Pro Bowl invitations (2000, 2001, 2004 and 2005) and a first-team All-American nomination. Pro (2000).
The main differences between the father and son selections are that the former was chosen in the third round in 1998 after his college days at SF Austin and the latter was in the fifth round after his time at Clemson.
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Can Jeremiah Trotter Jr. start on Philadelphia’s defense?
The Eagles play a 3-4 defense and currently have Nakobe Dean and Devin White as their starting inside linebackers. Therefore, it is possible that the snaps for the Clemson graduate will be limited during his first season in the NFL.
At the Scouting Combine he stood out for his strength as he obtained the highest number of repetitions in the chest press at manage to raise the bar 21 times. According to PFF, Trotter Jr. tends to line up in the linebacker box most often, but can defend from the line or in the slot. One of the linebacker’s problems is that he usually fails in tackles against more athletic opponents; In the last year he failed 15 times and in 2022 he failed to perform the takedown 12 times.
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2024-04-27 19:33:16
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