How a health scare put Lions QB Hendon Hooker on path to NFL Draft from Michael Gallagher, with YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com There was a time when Hendon Hooker did not know if he would play football again. A health scare in September of 2020 lit a competitive spark in the former Virginia Tech and Tennessee signal-caller. Instead of derailing his career, Hooker used the scare as motivation, culminating in a selection by the Detroit Lions with the 68th overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft on Friday. Hendon Hooker is the earliest Detroit Lions QB draft pick since they took Matthew Stafford…
It all came down to Round Three of the 2023 NFL Draft for Dudley High School product Hendon Hooker…The Greensboro/Summerfield, N.C. football player was the #68 overall pick in this year’s draft, and Hendon will be joining former Dudley Panthers Emmanuel Moseley(DB), and Mac McCain(DB), as all three of these young men from the Gate City, are now members of the Detroit Lions…..Hendon Hooker, now with the Lions, and that is one of the teams that we thought might take Hooker, as we looked at this whole draft scenario prior to the picks… Should be a real family like feeling…
Questions about Hendon Hooker, the former Dudley Panthers State Champion high school quarterback, and the former Heisman Trophy candidate, while at the University of Tennessee…Hendon Hooker, from Greensboro, N.C., and now he is a hot topic for those looking ahead to this months NFL Draft…Questions about Hendon coming off of his knee injury from this past season, while playing for the UT Volunteers, questions about his age, he will be 26 years old next January….We all feel like the young man from James B. Dudley High School, is ready to make some waves in the National Football League, but here…
Eric Ebron(Ben L. Smith HS, North Carolina Tar Heels, Detroit Lions) has partnered with Greensboro Parks & Recreation to present the first Play 4 Keeps Skills Football Camp. Play 4 Keeps Skills Camp is a specialty football camp designed to improve the training, footwork, and hands of players in skill positions. Who: Skill position players, ages 7 – 14 years old What: Football camp with a focus on skills Where: Jaycee Park, Greensboro, NC When: Saturday, July 16, 2016 from 8:00 am – 2:00 pm Capacity: 200 campers Fee: $40.00 + $3.14 processing fee Misc.: Skill positions only please –…