Buckeye rookies Dre’Mont Jones, Kendall Sheffield impress in first NFL action
Pretty good first impression by the Ohio State alumni.
By
Alexis Chassen@Lovelybuckeye Aug 4, 2019, 10:31am EDT
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So, the NFL Hall of Fame game is not exactly the standard for what players might look like during the regular — it isn’t even the standard for what teams are willing to show or try in the preseason — but it is the first glimpse of football for the season.
Before all 32 NFL teams take the field, or any of the college football teams embark on their season, the Hall of Fame game is the annual kick-off of fall.
That game took place last Thursday, and while starting quarterbacks don’t often get reps, and it’s mostly a way of evaluating rookies, new acquisitions and bubble players, there were a couple of new NFL Buckeyes who took the field and impressed.
Thursday’s pre-preseason matchup featured the
Denver Broncos (
Jeff Heuerman, Dre’Mont Jones) and
Atlanta Falcons (
Kendall Sheffield). The Broncos won 14-10, but much like “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”, the points and outcome don’t really matter.
Kendall Sheffield
After tearing his pec muscle at the NFL Scouting Combine in February, Sheffield dropped to the fourth round of the draft, but has been making believers out of his teammates and coaches in Atlanta so far this training camp.
Prior to Thursday’s Hall of Fame game, Falcons’ head coach
Dan Quinn talked about Sheffield’s speed and how he’s already impressed:
“For Sheffield, it’s his speed for sure that allows him to stay down. He can run with all the receivers here, and we’ve got some fast ones.”
The Buckeye showed Quinn, and everyone else, that he could translate everything good he’s shown at practice onto the field during games. Sheffield made five total tackles (four solo) and had a forced fumble in the contest.
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