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Cardinals’ Tay Gowan believes he will be ‘Tom Brady of corners’

Cornerback Tay Gowan believes he will be one of the biggest steals in the draft.

The Arizona Cardinals get a potential steal of a player in one of their sixth-round draft picks. Well, to clarify, he thinks he is a steal.

Gowan was selected by the Cardinals with the 223rd overall pick in the draft but he believes he can be an all-time great.

“I feel I’ll be the Tom Brady of the corners,” he told the media after he was drafted. “I want to say thank you for the wait, actually.”

Gowan did not play in 2020, as he opted out of the season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He believes it is the reason for falling in the draft. However, he isn’t upset about it.

“I think it hurt my draft stock, but I also think it was part of my journey and part of my story,” he explained.

He took a circuitous route to the pros. He began at Miami of Ohio for one year, spent a year at a junior college and then one at Central Florida before opting out of the 2020 season.

He feels he is “in a great spot” with the Cardinals and that he will; be able to inspire others with his story.

“When I get to tell it to other kids and relate my message and relate my journey, it can just make more kids feel comfortable to go the type of routes I went,” he said.

The Cardinals like the athletic upside he has. He ran the 40 in 4.49 seconds, posted at 35.5-inch vertical leap and ran the three-cone in 6.86 seconds, which is very good.

His one year of playing at UCF, he played well.

He will likely contribute on special teams as a rookie but has the potential to become a starter.

Brady only had three pass attempts as a rookie. He took over for an injured Drew Bledsoe in 2001. If Gowan is to be the cornerback equivalent of Brady, he should crack the lineup in 2022 and become open of the best.

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Cardinals’ Tay Gowan believes he will be ‘Tom Brady of corners’

Cornerback Tay Gowan believes he will be one of the biggest steals in the draft.

The Arizona Cardinals get a potential steal of a player in one of their sixth-round draft picks. Well, to clarify, he thinks he is a steal.

Gowan was selected by the Cardinals with the 223rd overall pick in the draft but he believes he can be an all-time great.

“I feel I’ll be the Tom Brady of the corners,” he told the media after he was drafted. “I want to say thank you for the wait, actually.”

Gowan did not play in 2020, as he opted out of the season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He believes it is the reason for falling in the draft. However, he isn’t upset about it.

“I think it hurt my draft stock, but I also think it was part of my journey and part of my story,” he explained.

He took a circuitous route to the pros. He began at Miami of Ohio for one year, spent a year at a junior college and then one at Central Florida before opting out of the 2020 season.

He feels he is “in a great spot” with the Cardinals and that he will; be able to inspire others with his story.

“When I get to tell it to other kids and relate my message and relate my journey, it can just make more kids feel comfortable to go the type of routes I went,” he said.

The Cardinals like the athletic upside he has. He ran the 40 in 4.49 seconds, posted at 35.5-inch vertical leap and ran the three-cone in 6.86 seconds, which is very good.

His one year of playing at UCF, he played well.

He will likely contribute on special teams as a rookie but has the potential to become a starter.

Brady only had three pass attempts as a rookie. He took over for an injured Drew Bledsoe in 2001. If Gowan is to be the cornerback equivalent of Brady, he should crack the lineup in 2022 and become open of the best.

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Jags Wire’s final 7-round mock draft for 2021 with trades

The Jags in all likelihood will be selecting Trevor Lawrence Thursday night, but they must add some offensive contributors around him, too.

The 2021 NFL Draft is almost here, and for Jacksonville Jaguars fans, it’s arguably the most important in franchise history. Of course, the reason for that is because they are set to acquire a player who some draft experts feel is a generational talent in quarterback Trevor Lawrence.

However, most would agree that picking Lawrence will be the easy part, and more may be riding on the additions made after him, especially with Urban Meyer aiming for the playoffs right away. With that being the case, we went over to Pro Football Focus to fire up their simulator one last time to make the final 2021 Jags Wire mock of the year. Here are the selections we came away with in an attempt to build a strong offensive and defensive group around Lawrence:

2021 Jags Wire mock 3.0: Jags stick with familiar faces to staff in early rounds

Trevor Lawrence might not be the only Clemson player the Jags select as they could address another need by adding OT Jackson Carman, too.

The 2021 NFL Draft is just over two weeks away and anticipation for the annual event couldn’t be higher. While fans of the Jacksonville Jaguars are pretty certain of what will happen with the first overall selection, figuring out what the Jags could do with their other nine selections has been stressful, yet fun.

With our last mock being posted three weeks ago, we took another crack at putting together a mock that would set the Jags up well heading into camp using Pro Football Focus’ simulator. Here are the results we came away with in a seven-round scenario:

Report: Jaguars showing interest in UCF CB Tay Gowan

The Jags could really use some help within their secondary and are showing interest in a prospect who played down the road from Duval.

The Jacksonville Jaguars were extremely young within the secondary last season, and it showed. According to Pro Football Focus’ rankings, the unit ended up at the No. 30 spot when the regular season was over, with only the Las Vegas Raiders and Detroit Lions finishing below them.

Needless to say, the Jags will look to free agency to help the group and will also look to the draft for additions aS. If they land help through the draft, one player who could be on their radar is Central Florida cornerback Tay Gowan, who wouldn’t have to travel far from the city of Orlando, where he played collegiately.

Per Justin Melo of the Draft Network, he’s one of the prospects in the draft the Jags have shown interest in and plan to meet with (or has already met with) virtually.

At 6-foot-3, 185 pounds, Gowan was a part of a loaded secondary that included notables Richie Grant and Aaron Robinson, both of whom are expected to be early-round picks in the upcoming NFL Draft. Despite the talent around him, however, McGowan didn’t want to be outshined by his comrades while with the Knights and allowed just 25 yards or fewer in nine of the 12 games he played in per Pro Football Focus.

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Gowan didn’t take the field in 2020 with the coronavirus pandemic occurring, but was a force for the Knights in 2019. In 425 total coverage snaps, he only allowed two touchdowns and had seven pass breakups on the season.

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Gowan’s draft stock is widely sporadic. PFF’s Michael Renner has Gowan down as the 51st player on his big board. That would make him a second-round pick. Meanwhile, Pro Football Network’s Tony Pauline has Gowan graded as an undrafted prospect. Maybe in the end he ends up going somewhere in between and becomes a Day 3 pick.