New Headline: "NFL Rookie Carson Towe Surpasses Pro Era Records in Record Time!
Towt, a 6-7, 250-pounder, could sign with Indianapolis immediately because his college football eligibility expired more than a year ago
INDIANAPOLIS — The move seems so sudden. Carson Towt started at center in Notre Dame’s season-ending loss to Boston College, pulling down six rebounds and fouling out of the final basketball game of his career after a decade spent on the hardwood at Gilbert High School, Northern Arizona and Notre Dame. Ten days later, Towt signed a professional contract with the Indianapolis Colts .
To play a sport he’s never played before. “It’s been quite the journey so far,” Towt said. “And man, it’s just getting started.
” Towt’s path to the NFL began long before that disappointing night at Conte Forum. The 6-foot-7, 250-pound bruiser has been circling the sport of football for a long time, going back to those days at Gilbert High School in Arizona. “In high school, I was real small, I hit growth spurts too late,” Towt said.
“I didn’t have armpit hair until late in high school, so I was kind of a late bloomer. I never gave it too much thought and attention until my freshman year in college, when I started bulking up. ” The more muscle Towt packed onto his frame, the more he played basketball like a football player.
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