Chasing a Family Legacy, Jake Kumerow’s NFL Draft Dream Comes Full Circle

April 25, 2015   ·   Ty Schalter   ·   Jump to comments


Who, the receiver? Tall kid with the ponytail? You don't know him?
Kumerow. Whitewater, D-III. Yeah, we've been tracking him for a while. 6'5", 205 pounds. I had his 40s around 4.5. Short shuttle was 6.90. Probably has better numbers in him.
Production? 32 touchdowns, about 2,500 yards, two D-III national titles in the last two years.
Hold on, it gets better: Dad was a first-round pick. Uncle, too. One first cousin is an All-American, and the other is a 5-star recruit.
Don't know how he slipped through the cracks—but if he slips through the sixth round, we're calling him...
...and keep that under your hat.
In May 1958, Sports Illustrated dispatched columnist Gerald Holland to the Winnetka, Illinois, home of Mr. and Mrs. William Palmer Pyle. The Keokuk, Iowa, natives had a knack for raising elite athletes in idyllic suburban Chicagoland.
They were devoted Chicago Bears fans who rarely missed a game. Their house was stuffed with...

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