Jaylen Waddle Ready To Race New Teammate Tyreek Hill
With the Miami Dolphins trading for Tyreek Hill this off-season, Miami is going to be running track meets on the field. Hill was plenty aware of this when he challenged new teammate Jaylen Waddle to a race during his introductory press conference. Waddle knew something like this would be coming soon.
Full quote via NFL.com:
“I already knew this was coming,” Waddle told the “I Am Athlete” podcast, via the South Florida Sun Sentinel. “The next day (after the trade), I said, ‘I know he’s going to try to race. Let me get on these legs real quick.’ I already know a race is going to come.”
A race between Hill and Waddle should be appointment viewing if they do decide to air it or record it and put it on social media. No matter who wins, Waddle just wants to learn from one of the best receivers in the NFL.
“Being my size, we’re not necessarily the same size, but we’re the same type of player. Same caliber of player,” Waddle said. “He’s going on his seventh year. He’s had tremendous success. I can learn a lot from him if he’s willing to teach it. I’m going to soak up all the game.”
Jaylen Waddle broke the single-season receptions record for Rookies with 104 last season. In Year 2, the former Crimson Tide standout wants to tack on more YAC (yards after catch) to help his offense.
“I gotta show some [yards after the catch],” Waddle said. “I gotta be YAC crazy out there. That’s definitely something I know I got and something I gotta show. I ain’t gonna talk too much about it. I just gotta go out there and show it.”
On the heels of an impressive rookie season, Jaylen Waddle was already bound to make a leap in his second year. That is the current trend for young receivers in the league. If Waddle can maintain this level of performance or take another jump similar to someone like Justin Jefferson, he will make quite a lot of money. Now playing alongside Tyreek Hill, that process just got easier.
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