ECU's QB Shane Carden and WR Justin Hardy

"Growing up, East Carolina wide receiver and NFL draft prospect Justin Hardy had Jerry Rice as his football icon. He loved everything about Rice and the way he played. But for Hardy, looking up to Rice meant more than just having a San Francisco 49ers No. 80 jersey or buying his football cards or playing with him on video games.

It meant emulating Rice in every way, and for Hardy this meant spending his downtime catching bricks. "

Originally posted by Redeemer:

Good story on Hardy:

"Growing up, East Carolina wide receiver and NFL draft prospect Justin Hardy had Jerry Rice as his football icon. He loved everything about Rice and the way he played. But for Hardy, looking up to Rice meant more than just having a San Francisco 49ers No. 80 jersey or buying his football cards or playing with him on video games.

It meant emulating Rice in every way, and for Hardy this meant spending his downtime catching bricks. "

Originally posted by OnTheClock:

Originally posted by Redeemer:
Good story on Hardy:

"Growing up, East Carolina wide receiver and NFL draft prospect Justin Hardy had Jerry Rice as his football icon. He loved everything about Rice and the way he played. But for Hardy, looking up to Rice meant more than just having a San Francisco 49ers No. 80 jersey or buying his football cards or playing with him on video games.

It meant emulating Rice in every way, and for Hardy this meant spending his downtime catching bricks. "

Not the biggest, fastest, or most explosive, but I see a lot of Antonio Brown in this kid. He works hard, gives all out effort to snag passes while being mugged by defenders, and has good moves in the open field. May need to end up in the right system, but there's a lot of potential there if he does.