San Francisco 49ers valgte i weekenden Indiana-løberen Kaelon Black med det 90. samlede valg i årets NFL-draft. Valget blev mødt med skepsis fra draft-eksperter, der betegnede tredje-rundepicket som en overraskelse og et for tidligt valg.
Både holdets general manager John Lynch og cheftræner Kyle Shanahan har imidlertid forsvaret valget. "Det er vores vurdering af ham," udtalte Shanahan for nylig. "Uanset om det er rigtigt eller forkert, er det vores vurdering."
Black tager imidlertid ikke kritikken personligt. Tværtimod bruger han den som motivation for sin debutsæson i NFL. "Det får mig bare til at ville arbejde endnu hårdere," fortalte Black til Chat Sports via 49erswebzone.com. "Jeg skal bevise, at min træner havde ret. Jeg ville lyve, hvis jeg sagde, at jeg ikke har set den modstand, han har mødt på grund af valget. Men vi holder fast i vores kurs. Vi holder fokus og fortsætter med at bevæge os fremad for at bevise ham ret."
Stærk college-karriere som baggrund
Blacks college-karriere vidner om et stort potentiale. I 2024 løb han for 251 yards for Indiana, inden han i 2025 blev en af to 1.000-yard-løbere for holdet. Han sluttede sæsonen med 1.040 yards og ti touchdowns på løb. Derudover fangede han fire afleveringer for 36 yards.
Med disse præstationer håber Black nu at kunne overbevise både kritikere og 49ers-ledelsen om, at draft-valget var det rigtige.
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