Please, just let it go...Could not happen to a better guy. He has always been one of my favorite players I was at the game he made his catch in,actually I was sitting in that endzone and can still see it like it was yesterday. I still get upset about the game he got hurt in which he should not have been playing in anyway at the time he was hurt.
Yes, really. He could've made a squad. There.was.a.possibility.I'm sorry, but.....Tyrone Prothro thought he was heading to the NFL? Really?
Yup, he definitely had a chance at making a living playing football.Yes, really. He could've made a squad. There.was.a.possibility.
Sheesh.
I'll be glad when football season starts.
I think it would have happened.I'm sorry, but.....Tyrone Prothro thought he was heading to the NFL? Really?
You're right - 2 good catches and one fumbled punt pretty much sums up his career.I'm sorry, but.....Tyrone Prothro thought he was heading to the NFL? Really?
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And definitely as a kickoff/punt returner, if not a WR.Yup, he definitely had a chance at making a living playing football.
Heck, Pro's recruiting profile lists him at 5'10 and 175 pounds. Percy Harvin's NFL bio says 5'11 and 184. Pro could have made it in the NFL.I think it would have happened.
No doubt a lot of the first round talk -- both then and now -- may have been a bit premature, but I don't think there's any real doubt that he could, and would, have made an NFL roster for a couple of years, and that alone would have netted him roughly $450,000. Multi-dimensional WR types that can provide value in the return game are hard to cut these days come late August.
And for upside, well, who knows how far he could have gone? Lack of size was always the knock on him, of course, but as football has developed that's really a non-issue at this point. The League is absolutely filled with small, undersized, yet quick guys who are mainstays and standouts at wide receiver. Physically speaking, at least, Prothro was very similar to guys like De'Sean Jackson, Wes Welker, Danny Amendola (or, more recently in the Draft, guys like Brandin Cooks and Tavon Austin). Perhaps he would have washed out of the NFL in a year or two, but had he stayed healthy then I think you can make a case that he would have played in the League for several years.
I'm sorry, I know we are all suppose to spout the company line since he was a Bama player but, I don't think he should be getting charity to pay off his student loans. Where is the charity for all the other students all over the country that graduate with 8x more in loans and never even had a chance at the NFL? 10K is actually pretty small, me and my wife still owe twice that and we've been out of school for a decade.Prothro, who graduated from Alabama and is now an account manger for a Coca-Cola distributor, said he hasn't paid off any of the approximately $10,000 he owes in loans.
Prothro was killing it in every game he played that year. He might not have been a #1 receiver in the NFL because of his size, but he would have played, easy.I'm sorry, but.....Tyrone Prothro thought he was heading to the NFL? Really?
OK, we all feel bad for what happened. We understand his position on the controversy over using his own image. But...............Prothro, who graduated from Alabama and is now an account manger for a Coca-Cola distributor, said he hasn't paid off any of the approximately $10,000 he owes in loans.
It's really nothing unusual. With a salary of roughly 40K per year, I'm sure his loans are in Income-Based Repayment, in which case he's paying on the loans, but they payments are nominal and minuscule at that income level. In other words, he's paying, he's in good standing, the loans aren't in default, but by the same token he's not really reducing principal or outstanding interest.OK, we all feel bad for what happened. We understand his position on the controversy over using his own image. But...............
He hasn't made any effort to pay off his loans. Time for him take some responsibility. Unless he is facing a mountain of debt, related to medical bills, I'm not buying it.
In which case, maybe they should have helped whittling that down, instead. Something doesn't pass the sniff test. It isn't like he was unemployed and homeless for years. And he does have that sheepskin.
Um...THIS.Geez, if someone wants to pay his loans, by all means, go ahead. It's their money. He's not asking for a handout.