Jets’ Olu Fashanu thrilled to play alongside ‘football idol’ Tyron Smith
NY Post
When Olu Fashanu was just getting started in football, playing offensive line for the first time as a sophomore in high school, he wanted to watch film of the best offensive tackles in the NFL.
Tyron Smith was the name that kept coming up.
They are now teammates.
“He is truly my football idol and for me to have the opportunity to be in the same room as him and learn from him is awesome,” Fashanu, the Jets’ first-round pick, said Friday, as he was officially introduced at One Jets Drive.
It is a full circle moment for Fashanu, the 11th overall pick in the draft who starred at Penn State.
He learned a lot about his position just by watching Smith, the eight-time Pro Bowler the Jets signed in March to a one-year deal worth up to $20 million in incentives.
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