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While the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic has interrupted the day-to-day lives of millions of people around the world, along with many of our sports and entertainment outlets, there are some individuals on the periphery who are affected in a fairly unique way: college athletes vying for a shot in pro sports. While the NFL Draft is still scheduled as planned, the opportunity for less high-profile players to showcase their skills at Pro Days around the country has disappeared. Michigan State tight end Matt Seybert took matters into his own hands on Tuesday, doing his own ‘virtual Pro Day’ on Twitter with a 225 lb bench press test.
Here is Seybert imploring the school not to cancel Pro Day last week:
Please don’t cancel pro day…some of us NEED it, literally will do drills in a hazmat suit idc
— Matt Seybert (@mattseybert82) March 12, 2020
And here is Seybert on Tuesday taking matters into his own hands:
225 test brought to you from my home lol 🤷🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/GROFN6Ro0K
— Matt Seybert (@mattseybert82) March 17, 2020
Michigan State fans, friends, and players were quick to encourage Seybert as he continues to try and realize his dream of playing pro football:
Yessir !! Keep workin’ , the opportunity is still there… https://t.co/5y7o2VqImd
— Darien Harris (@DHarris_45) March 17, 2020
💪💪💪💪💪 https://t.co/x4ksbglpXP
— Matt Sokol (@mattsokol_) March 17, 2020
ALWAYS GRINDING ALWAYS WORKING! HEY TEAMS GIVE THIS MAN HIS CONTRACT! https://t.co/xQSuTwSxAG
— Seouljaa (@Seouljaa) March 17, 2020
— Drew Beesley (@drew_beesley85) March 17, 2020
Matt Seybert doing his own pro day haha. Love it. https://t.co/9pBrwbT0Fu
— Wil Hunter (@Wil__Hunter) March 17, 2020
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