Prospectors
Preston Vandergrift was the son of a man who played eleven years at the same position. Every one of those is a scout who kept his job anyway. He is 24, and he says almost nothing and is listened to anyway. The ones who arrive like this tend to know what it cost. That is usually worth something in December.
Across two seasons: 3,617 yards from scrimmage, fifty-seven touchdowns, thirty-eight games. None of the others were this good.
He is from Apia, Samoa.
Prospectors, 2-1, and three weeks gone. Hoot Jessup is in year thirteen of it.
Vandergrift has never once been photographed smiling on a sideline.