Suddenly, there is a chance that the coach has transformed Harold Fannin Jr. into a university football beast could be next to him in the NFL.
Depending on what Scot Loeffler accomplished with and says about Fannin, it is easy to imagine the Former Bulldog McKinley Land with the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. Loeffler is the new nick Sirianni quarter coach after spending the last six seasons as a chief coach Green bowling.
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If someone knows what the tight end that established an FBS file for the position with 1,555 reception yards could become in the NFL, it’s Loeffler.
The best choices of Philadelphia are at n ° 32, n ° 64 and n ° 96, not far from the place where the Brown have selections in n ° 33, n ° 67 and n ° 94, after their first choice at n ° 2.
Fannin could land anywhere. He is one of the most intriguing and unpredictable players in the draft.
Loeffler’s conversation with the repository before knowing that he was jumping to the Eagles is the basis of this article.
Under Loeffler at Bowling Green in 2024, the 1,555 Fannin reception yards erased the previous FBS record at the tight ends of 1,352 yards belonging to Jace Amaro from Texas Tech.
Falcons Green Bowling, Scot, Loeffler’s head coach, speaks with the quarter-back Connor Bazelak (7) in the first quarter against the Texas A&M AGGIES in Kyle Field on September 21, 2024, in College Station, Texas.
Fannin was a mystery outgoing perspective of Canton McKinley High School, a security / secondary that doubled as a wide receiver.
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“He was a 6-inch and 205 pound body with athletic capacities,” said Loeffler when he was still the Bowling Green head coach. “There is no doubt that he could have been an outside secondary or security, perhaps a large wide receiver.
“We estimated that he could develop this hybrid position in our offense. These hybrid positions are difficult to find in college and difficult to find in the NFL. His body type, his athletic capacity, his hands, all corresponding to this type of guy. ”
The tight winger green bowling Harold Fannin looks during the NFL combination on February 28, 2025, in Indianapolis.
Brian White, a Harvard quarter of the 80s, joined Loeffler Bowling Green staff when Fannin was a first-year student. White once worked with Loeffler on Florida d’Urban Meyer staff and, in a long career as an offensive coach, observed many NFL caliber players.
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“Brian was the first person to say,” said Loeffler. “He walked in one day and said:” Lefty, we have a guy who is going to be a choice of high -end draft at the end tight. “”
Bowling Green tight, Harold Fannin participated in the exercises during the NFL combination, on February 28, 2025 in Indianapolis.
He meant Fannin.
How did Bowling Green get such a perspective without fighting Big Ten?
“When he was in high school, he fell in this dark period when Covid struck,” said Loeffler. “Like many children, he has not manipulated if you hope.
Loeffler grew up in Barberton and was online to play the quarter-Arrière in Michigan before being diverted by an injury. He was a student assistant in Michigan while Tom Brady developed.
Bowling Green tight, Harold Fannin speaks to the media during the NFL 2025 combination on February 27, 2025, in Indianapolis.
Loeffler acquired recruitment responsibilities in Michigan and continued a McKinley line player Antonio Hall, who ended up in Kentucky and finally became Fannin’s head coach in McKinley.
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“During the last year of Harold in McKinley, they were able to put it back on the right academically,” said Loeffler. “Harold is a super intelligent guy. He had an excellent relationship with Coach Hall.
“The coach Hall really felt that Bowling Green would help him on a school level and would guide him in the way of becoming a pro, how to do business on a daily basis. We had patience with him.
After catching a Fumble, Harold Fannin Jr. of McKinley takes place for a hit against Jackson during the second quarter of a regional quarter -final in division I, Friday, November 5, 2021.
“He has really matured in the past three years. He made the dean list. He has always been a big child. It was never something.
“He had to learn responsibility and be on time at this kind of level. With Coach Hall, his mother, myself and the others, it was a group effort.
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“He really joined the process of what you need to do daily to succeed at university. I have challenged it last January until now to really upgrade this standard of what a professional athlete looks like.
“He did an excellent job with all his preparation, taking care of his body, studying the game, and he really became a leading athlete. Positions … You call it, he played it for us. Weekly weekdays, we found creative ways to get him the ball, creative means for him to attack the covers.
“He was able to manage all of this. If you are an NFL team, you just watch the band and leave, my graceful kindness, it can manage a ton of responsibility, a ton of different positions, a ton of different roles and play at a high level.
“So he is the absolute prototypical guy for a position that all of these NFL guys are looking for.”
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Fannin was a transfer portal material after going from 218 reception yards as a real recruit of green bowling alley to 623 yards, despite a fight with an injury, in the second year in 2023.
Bowling Green tightly the winger Harold Fannin Jr. extends to reach the goal area against Texas A&M, on September 21, 2024, in College Station, Texas.
Loeffler explained part of the reason why Fannin remained:
“I challenged him and I said to his mother and high school coach:” If he is able to follow these standards that a pro would make, from January throughout the season, one of the two things will happen. level.’
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“They all agreed. Harold held his end of the negotiation. We held him responsible. He was held responsible. He has really developed by having professional habits. He was either ready to go to the NFL, or to win a million dollars playing a tight end (in college) elsewhere.
“He could not have had a better situation. There were a bunch of people around him who wanted to do all his elite habits. Then our offensive program worked for him. Not too many places will find a way to get him 117 keys, in all the different creative ways he made. ”
The tight winger green bowling, Harold Fannin Jr., runs with the ball in the 68 ventures Bowl against the Arkansas State on Thursday, December 26, 2024 in Mobile, in Alabama.
Fannin has built large numbers against enemies of the American conference in the American world, including 19 combined catches for 306 yards against Akron and Kent State. He drew everyone’s attention against Penn State (11 for 137) and Texas A&M (eight for 145) and in Bowl match against Arkansas State (17 for 213).
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In Michigan, Loeffler was a teammate of Mark Campbell and Aaron Shea, who became tight ends for the Browns.
On the way to get the job of head coach at Bowling Green, Loeffler made university stops with Florida, Auburn, Boston College and Virginia Tech. He spent a year with the Lions of Detroit.
The finished national team Harold Fannin Jr. from Bowling Green tries to mark a touch on a 10 yards in the fourth quarter of the 2025 senior Bowl at Hancock Whitney Stadium, on February 1, 2025, in Mobile, in Alabama,
“Besides Aaron Hernandez, Harold Fannin is the best hybrid tight winger I have ever followed,” said Loeffler.
Hernandez is recalled for A troubled life It ended in 2017. He won the Mackey Award (the best tight end of university football) in Florida in 2009, when Loeffler was one of Urban Meyer’s offensive coaches.
Fannin was a Mackey Award finalist in 2024, when the prize was awarded to Tyler Warren from Penn State. When they met head to the head on September 7, in a match, 34-27 by Penn State, Fannin captured 11 assists for 137 yards. Warren captured eight passes for 146 yards.
The tight winger green bowling, Harold Fannin Jr., runs after a second quarter taking at Penn State, on September 7, 2024.
Loeffler seems convinced that Fannin can hold on to the NFL.
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The Eagles have a good tight end, Dallas Goedert, but he wasted time because of injuries in 2024, he has just been 30 years old and takes place in the last season of a $ 57 million contract over four years.
For what is worth, Browns tight David Njoku enters the last year of a $ 54.7 million contract over four years.
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This article originally appeared on the repository: Could the Eagles, the Browns report to the tight winger Harold Fannin Jr. in the NFL draft?
