Lonestarlive: Likens compares Link Rhodes to NFL star
Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2025 2:20 pmFrom lonestarlive.com:
SMU coach says new receiver is ‘weirdly similar’ to Brandon Aiyuk
By Jacob Richman | [email protected]
SMU’s wide receivers coach Rob Likens believes that successful NFL players need to have the mindset that there’s no plan B outside of being an elite football player.
If someone wants to make it at the next level, it requires a drive that Likens says only some players have to be among the best of the best.
He’s seen it in former receivers of his like Brandon Aiyuk, Rashee Rice and Quinton Patton, who have all seen NFL success.
Likens may have found yet another player with that potential in junior college prospect Link Rhodes, who he says is “weirdly similar” to Aiyuk when he first got his hands on him at Arizona State in 2018.
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SMU coach says new receiver is ‘weirdly similar’ to Brandon Aiyuk
By Jacob Richman | [email protected]
SMU’s wide receivers coach Rob Likens believes that successful NFL players need to have the mindset that there’s no plan B outside of being an elite football player.
If someone wants to make it at the next level, it requires a drive that Likens says only some players have to be among the best of the best.
He’s seen it in former receivers of his like Brandon Aiyuk, Rashee Rice and Quinton Patton, who have all seen NFL success.
Likens may have found yet another player with that potential in junior college prospect Link Rhodes, who he says is “weirdly similar” to Aiyuk when he first got his hands on him at Arizona State in 2018.
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