It is hard to judge NFL rookies. They are just basically young men with impressive athletic talents. It is extremely hard to judge work ethic desire and heart. Herschel Walker was most heralded pick out of Wisconsin from South Jersey but never lived up to his billing with Giants.
In NJ, you have a multitude of athletic training centers to work out in year round starting as early as freshman year of high school that makes the pool of NFL ready type players seem so common. There are so many children of Giant and Jet players that are outstanding players in high school level due to their weight room and skill training but burn out as they get to stronger competition. The Simms kids come to mind.
It doesn't hurt that you have have football first academics second Catholic High Schools like Don Bosco and Bergen Catholic where they allocate 70-80% of fiscal resources to athletic facilities.
Speaking of Tatum,the Patriots drafted John Hannah,Sam Cunningham,and the late Darryl Stingley[forever linked to Tatum] in the first round of the 1973 draft.Wow.
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