How this North Jersey football star became NFL Draft first-round buzz
Once projected for NFL Draft Day 2, former Don Bosco star Chase Bisontis now has teams watching closely as Round 1 approaches.
EAST RUTHERFORD - Don Bosco coach Dan Sabella promises the legend of Chase Bisontis from his high school days in North Jersey is not hyperbole. Fans would sit near the top of the Granatell Stadium bleachers in Ramsey and focus on watching the teenager from Closter in the No. 69 jersey.
Not the quarterback. Not the running back. Not the dominant pass rusher.
From the moment the games kicked off, time and again, Chase Bisontis had everyone's attention. "That was certainly not an exaggeration, not at all," Sabella said with a laugh. "There were a lot of people who would come out of the stands saying, like, 'You know, I just watch Chase most of the game and don't even follow the ball.
'" He paused before adding: "Because on a regular basis, he'd be driving people into the sideline or down the field until the whistle. " Then Bisontis would get up off the turf, go back to the huddle and do it again. And again.