Marcus Hyde’s NFL Draft Journal: Getting the call to the NFL

Our guy gets the call!

Marcus Hyde, o William & Mary, knew he would not be drafted, but waited for a phone call afterward. Photo courtesy of CAA Football Blog.

William & Mary’s Marcus Hyde was a previous guest on the podcast (listen here). Now he is giving us a look inside his life as he trains in hopes of getting a shot to play in the NFL. Read his previous entry here.

Hey football fans!

Its been a brutal past few weeks, lots of highs, a few more lows, but I stuck through it and some good happened in the end. I attempted to do some CFL try outs over the past few weeks but small injuries crept up and I decided not to do them in case I got invited to an NFL camp.

The draft ended today and I knew I wouldn’t get drafted but figured I’d get a call right after for a free agent contract or camp invite (basically the same thing before mini-camp) but it all came and went and I eventually talked to Casey [agent], he told me he had no official news about anything and that he’ll talk to me tomorrow. … Continue Reading

Marcus Hyde’s NFL Draft Journal: Talking to NFL teams, open to CFL opportunities

Marcus Hyde leaves door to CFL open

Marcus Hyde set a William & Mary €ˆrecord for most sacks in a game last season against New Hampshire. Photo: William & Mary Athletics

William & Mary’s Marcus Hyde was a previous guest on the podcast (listen here). Now he is giving us a look inside his life as he trains in hopes of getting a shot to play in the NFL. Read his previous entry here.

Hey guys!

It’s been a few weeks since pro day now and I’m still keeping busy with training. I still go up to Richmond but only three times a week now. We’re doing a lot more conditioning and football specific drills compared to the combine drills we did before pro day.

Shane [Sykes, trainer] has told us the reason why we go so fast with the reps and do so much is because if we get into a training camp the rookies usually take almost all the reps. So we have to be ready for that. I’ve definitely seen a lot of improvement in my speed and strength, not to mention I’m putting on more muscle from all this working out.

Aside from Casey [Muir], my agent, talking to NFL teams I’m going to try to get to as many CFL (Canadian Football League) try outs as I can so I can get my name out there. I wouldn’t mind it at all playing in the CFL, I just want to play ball! I’ll keep you guys updated, thanks for reading!

-Marcus Hyde

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Marcus Hyde’s NFL Draft Journal: Pro day reflections

Pro Day at William & Mary is in the books

Marcus Hyde got a chance to perform in front of NFL scouts at his pro day. Photo: William & Mary Athletics.

William & Mary’s Marcus Hyde was a previous guest on the podcast (listen here). Now he is giving us a look inside his life as he trains in hopes of getting a shot to play in the NFL. Read his previous entry here.

Hey everyone,

Pro day is finished! I had mixed feelings about it, but that’s basically how everyone feels about it.

Everyone wants to hit personal bests on everything and sometimes you just don’t. It really is all about what the scouts want to see too. One of the guys before me slipped on the NFL shuttle and got to do it again and I slipped but wasn’t allowed to, sometimes that’s just the way it goes. I still got good times but didn’t feel like I hit personal bests.

I was most impressed by the bench press because I got 17 reps post-surgery! Some guys in my position didn’t even get that with no injuries. My favorite part was the position drills at the end, I feel like I had great drops and it felt really fluid, hopefully I turned some heads there being a 250 lb defensive end.

Now training is going to be more position specific and I’m going to start looking at some CFL try outs just to get my name out there more. Hopefully everything works out! Without a doubt I’m going to keep working my butt off and try to play anywhere I can, I just love playing football too much to quit now.

Thanks for reading!

-Marcus Hyde

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Marcus Hyde’s NFL Draft Journal: On the eve of pro day

William & Mary’s Marcus Hyde is ready for pro day

Marcus Hyde will show his skills to NFL scouts tomorrow. Photo: William & Mary Athletics.

William & Mary’s Marcus Hyde was a previous guest on the podcast (listen here). Now he is giving us a look inside his life as he trains in hopes of getting a shot to play in the NFL. Read his previous entry here.

It’s the day the before pro day! I can honestly say this feels like the longest day ever.

I’ve been training so hard for weeks now and I’m ready to just go out and there run already! Got some good practice runs in on Monday and today, right within the times I want.

These past few days have all been about rehab and staying hydrated for Wednesday. I’ve been hitting the cold tub a lot over the past few days and stretching down quite a bit. This leaves me with a lot of time to think about how tomorrow might go. It’s pretty hard not to get nervous because of how big this is for me. I try not to think about it and I’m sure tomorrow the adrenaline is going to be pumping like crazy, hopefully getting me better times!

So tonight I’ll hit the cold tub again and stretch out then get a good nights sleep and be ready to attack tomorrow! Wish me luck! I’ll let you all know how it goes!

-Marcus Hyde

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Marcus Hyde’s NFL Draft Journal: Improving times, mastering drills

Hyde makes his final preparations for Pro Day at William & Mary

Marcus Hyde gives us an update on his NFL training. Photo: William & Mary Athletics

William & Mary’s Marcus Hyde was a previous guest on the podcast (listen here). Now he is giving us a look inside his life as he trains in hopes of getting a shot to play in the NFL. Read his previous entry here.

Hello everyone!

My pro-day training cycle is over! Today we concluded the eight-week training session with Shane Sykes. It was a great experience to go through and words cannot describe how happy I am with the results so far. Pro day cannot come soon enough!

We closed out the week with some non-timed 10′s on Thursday just to get the form down and our usual technique work. We went into the weightroom and tweaked the workout some, in fact, Shane likes to refer to this last week as “Tweak Week” because he’ll add or subtract little workouts or technique work here and there so we get the best benefit out of it. It seems to be working as I keep improving at a ridiculous rate so far. … Continue Reading