Joe Mays Gets Paid

There is nothing like picking up six figures to play a game, just ask former NDSU linebacker and current Philadelphia Eagle Joe Mays.

Mays signed his first pro contract that might be worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $2.6 million over four years. Tremendous.

Great stuff from Mays, too. In Jeff Kolpack's story in the Forum, Mays was quoted as saying, "It was like signing the Declaration of Independence or something like that." Mays, who graduated from SU in the spring, is still my favorite player to come out of the Bison football program in case you were wondering.

Good stuff from Kolpack throughout. Click here to open the gateway.

Philly Signs Mays

NDSU football fans, the day is here. Joe Mays has signed with an NFL team.

Mays signed a four-year deal with Philadelphia, so without further ado...LET THE PAIN BEGIN. I can't wait for Mays to get his chance. He was by far my favorite player to watch for SU, and I normally gravitate to the offensive side of the ball.

I think what impressed me about Mays was even though he didn't make every play, he was always around the ball and always in position to pick up a loose ball if he wasn't the one putting a hat on the ball carrier.

The Sun put together a shorty on the signing, which gives a few of Mays' career highlights with the Bison. Click here for a read.

Dahl's NFL Future

I've always wondered how unsatisfying it would be to win a championship at any level, but to be injured and unable to play while your teammates win the team's season-ending game. I would think that it would put a fire in your gut and push you continuously through the offseason.

That was the situation facing former NDSU standout Craig Dahl last season, after he played in nine games for the New York Giants last season, but tore up his knee prior to the Giants defeating the Patriots in the Super Bowl.

Dahl was released after the season ended and is rehabbing in hopes of latching on with the Giants again, or another of the league's teams. I would think as long as he can prove he has recovered from the knee injury, he should be A-OK. Not to downgrade his injury, certainly a torn ACL has ended many a career, but it seems like it isn't anywhere near the career-ender that it was 10 and 15 years ago. My gut tells me Dahl should be fine.

I'm guessing he would be an asset that most teams would like to have on their roster and basically I got that same impression from Jeff Kolpack's story today in the Forum. To give that story a read, click here.