Daniel Whelan signs with the Saints

Nice article about Whelan:

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/nfl-draft-will-there-be-an-irishman-taken-for-the-first-time-in-37-years-1.4865336

I was talking to staff about Whelan last week and they were saying that once he starts eating like an adult, he could put on 20 pounds. And then he will really boom the ball. Just needs to get in the NFL pipeline

He has a short video on his Twitter page where he kicks a 73 yard FG.

With all of our support staff and nutritionists, and an NFL opportunity at hand, you'd think he would have started that two years ago.

Bryce Rogers - class act.

Write up on ucdavisaggies.com

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2022/5/2/football-whelan-and-rodgers-ink-nfl-contracts.aspx

In 2021 Rodgers was 2nd Team All Big-Sky, Whelan was also 2nd Team All Big Sky with 55 punts for 2544 yards and a 42.5 Net yardage per punt (minus the return). For anybody curious, Montana had the best Net yardage per punt in the conference, though Whelan edged out the Montana punter Brian Buschini in average yards per boot with 46.3 to Buschini's 45.7. Buschini also punted the ball 15 more times than Whelan, and played one extra game after Montana was ousted in the 2nd round of the FCS Playoffs.

Rodgers repping the Ags (front row 5th from the right). Also of note is Tucker Fisk (2nd from the right in the front) from Davis HS via Stanford.