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Kelvin Harmon Washington Redskins Jersey , osh Oliver, TESchool: San Jose State | Conference: Mountain WestCollege Experience:
Senior | Age: 21?Height / Weight: 6-5 / 246 lbsProjected Draft Status: 4th -7th
RoundNFL Comparison: Vance McDonaldCollege StatisticsPlayer OverviewA native of
Templeton, CA, Josh Oliver was originally recruited to play as a linebacker out
of high school, where he received All State honors. He comes with strong
bloodlines in the game, both his father and brother played football for Cal
Poly, and his uncle - Clancy Oliver - played in the NFL for the Steelers and
Cardinals. Oliver made starts in all four years in college at San Jose State as
a tight end, but the vast majority of his production came in his senior season,
where he had 59 catches for 709 yards and 4 TDs, and was named first team All
Mountain West conference. Additionally, he made his team high catches count,
with 67.9% of them resulting in first downs or touchdowns, a percentage second
only to UCLA’s Caleb Wilson.Despite playing for a fairly small school, his
performance in 2018 - particularly his 16 contested catches, which led the
college football ranks - caught the eye of the evaluators at Pro Football Focus,
who ranked him the number 5 tight end entering this year’s draft.StrengthsStrong
vertical threat.Good route running abilityHas big hands and can catch reliably.
Good ball skills.Can play as a TE, in the slot, or on the outside.Decent in pass
protection.Well liked by his teammates. Voted team captain.Strong work
ethic.WeaknessesNeeds to work on blocking, particularly in the run game.Needs to
bulk up more.Doesn't rack up YAC. Goes down too easily with contact.Seems not to
play as fast as his clocked time.Let’s see his workHow He Would Fit On The
RedskinsOliver profiles as a prototypical, modern day TE, with good hands and
route-running ability, but room to grow as a blocker. Additionally, given his
dramatically improved performance during his senior season
Kelvin Harmon Jersey 2019 , it suggests that his development is continuing and that he still has considerable room to grow as a player. Oliver is a red zone weapon and
possesses the capability to use his size and vertical ability to beat defenders
when it counts. As a result ofa very favorable combine performance, Oliver is
rising on draft boards, and would likely need to be targeted with one of the
team’s fifth round picks - if he lasts that long. On the Redskins, Oliver would
be a great TE2 substitute for Vernon Davis, replicating many of the skills that
Davis brings to the table for a fraction of the cost. RICHMOND, Va. (AP) —
Rhonda Martin got in trouble with her father when she tried as a child to bring
home stray dogs.Now she helps her son Wes rescue as many dogs as possible while
he follows his dream to play pro football.Wes Martin last summer started Brave
Breed Rescue Inc. to keep alive the family tradition of taking care of dogs. He
raised $1,600 for the rescue with bench presses at his pre-draft workout day,
and the Washington Redskins rookie guard hopes to entwine his passion for dogs
with his NFL career that could give Brave Breed a major boost.“It’s just been my
mom’s calling, I guess. She’s been doing it her whole life and then I adapted it
from her and started the rescue,” Wes said. “It means the world to me to be able
to save at-risk dogs that if we weren’t able to step in, a lot of them would be
headed to euthanasia.”Martin stands a good chance of starting for Washington
this season, no surprise given how he accomplishes things ahead of schedule. He
and his mom talked for a while about starting a dog rescue if he made some more
money, but he didn’t wait for that and founded Brave Breed after his junior year
of college.“It’s something I take a lot of pride in,” Wes said. “My mom and I,
we were rescuing and re-homing a lot of dogs. So last summer, being able to
start a (nonprofit) and get the actual dog rescue up and running was awesome.”So
far, Brave Breed has rescued and re-homed 22 dogs, have five currently in the
process and one more pending. The organization does meet and greets at Pet Value
stores and uses “Adopt a Pet” on Facebook.“I get three calls a day from somebody
with a stray dog or somebody wanting to surrender their dog,” Rhonda said.
“Every day I get calls, and it just breaks my heart because I can only take care
of so many and I’m overbooked now.”More money can only help that cause, which
was the point of using his pro day at Indiana to raise money and awareness every
time he raised the 225-pound bench press. Martin was so far off the radar that
he wasn’t invited to the NFL’s scouting combine, but his 38 bench press reps
would’ve ranked him second at that event — even if that didn’t match his
personal best.“So many people were gathered around him,” Rhonda said. “It was
pretty exciting. It kind of gave us more hope of getting his name out there.”In
addition to pumping some funds into the fledgling organization that spends a
significant amount of money on shots, heartworm tests and other veterinarian
care
Red Kelvin Harmon Jersey , it got him noticed by the Redskins. They marveled at the brute strength Martin built from his dairy farm youth, and he continues
to make positive impressions.“He’s a smart kid, for sure — hard worker, strong,
really, really, really strong,” coach Jay Gruden said Thursday. “He’s a lot more
athletic than we thought. He can pull. He’s pulling very well. As (far as)
character, we knew he was a grade A character.”That character came in part from
his mom, who had to walk around the neighborhood looking for stray dogs’ homes
or trying to find them another one. Now she and his fiancée, Bailey, have taken
on much of the responsibility for the dog rescue with Wes working a full-time
job at training camp.Rhonda currently has eight dogs at her house and another
foster she checks in on daily, while Bailey is at the house they needed to buy
with their three rescue pitbulls because finding a rental that would allow them
was near impossible.“It’s tough to do a whole lot right now,” said Wes, who
still does some work on the website in his spare time. “I appreciate it a whole
bunch. It wouldn’t be able to keep going without them.”The goal is to keep Brave
Breed going strong in Ohio and maybe one day have a presence in the D.C. area.
The next step for the Martins is to buy land and build a facility in Miami
County, Ohio.“That’s our main goal, and then we can grow from there and
obviously take on more,” Rhonda said.Rhonda hopes Wes establishing himself as an
NFL player contributes to the growth of the dog rescue as he becomes better
known. His focus right now is on football, but she was surprised at what Wes
said he’d like to do when his playing career is over.“He has said once he’s done
with football, that’s probably what he’s going to do is run the rescue,” Rhonda
said. “That would be great.”
