The University of Missouri Tigers (commonly known as MU or Mizzou) had a player selected in the 2010 NFL Draft held in New York City in April. The name of the only player selected from the university based in Columbia, Missouri is Sean Weatherspoon.
Weatherspoon was the first player selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft with the 19th overall pick. The Falcons are excited about adding a talented young linebacker to the heart of their defense.
Weatherspoon was born in December 1987 in Greenville, South Carolina and long before he became a top pro football prospect at 6’1″, 239 pounds, he excelled as a high school athlete in the rich land of American football. Texas State High School The multi-talented Weatherspoon proved to be a three-way sports star at Jasper High School in Jasper, Texas.
In addition to being a varsity scouted linebacker in high school, Sean played basketball and participated in track and field at Jasper High School. While he is best known for being an All-State football player, Sean was an All-District player as a guard on the basketball team and an All-State high jumper on the track team.
Despite being a dual threat as a contributor on both defense and offense as a wide receiver on the grid iron in high school Sean had to overcome the hurdle of being relatively undersized for his linebacker position as a high school athlete looking for top tier collegiate football recruiting attention. Despite eventually becoming the second linebacker selected in the 2010 NFL Draft (behind only Rolando McClain of the University of Alabama, who was taken by the Oakland Raiders with the No. 8 pick), Weatherspoon had relatively few college football scholarship offers to choose from. a high school student. Missouri ultimately won out over full-ride scholarships from Iowa State University and Texas Christian University (TCU), among others.
After playing in every game at the University of Missouri as a true freshman in 2006, Sean had a breakout season as a sophomore in 2007 in which he earned All-Big 12 first-team honors for his efforts. Sean eventually garnered numerous accolades from various organizations as a second- and third-team All-American selection at his linebacker position.
Atlanta Falcons head coach Mike Smith is excited to bring Sean Weatherspoon to his organization. Coach Smith believes Sean will compete for a starting linebacker position and also hopes to get him on the field as soon as possible by using him in special teams situations.