Michigan State football TE Jack Velling is attracting a lot of NFL attention
As fall camp progress for Michigan State football there is one Spartan who is making a big name for himself. Many players are making themselves known to the coaching staff and fanbase while others are becoming a household name for NFL scouts.
And there is no player drawing more attention from NFL scouts than Jack Velling.
Velling is a transfer tight end from Oregon State and it is becoming quite clear how talented he is. Last year with the Beavers, Velling led all FBS tight ends with eight touchdown receptions. Whenever you lead the country in a major stat you will immediately grab the attention from scouts at the next level. And that is exactly what has happened with Velling.
Earlier this offseason, one scout spoke about how Velling could be a backup tight end in the NFL right now. Then on top of that, Velling also made the Mackey Award watch list which goes to the nation's best tight end at the end of the season.
But the hype for Velling reached an all time high when word came out that at least 12 NFL scouts were at Michigan State's practice on Monday specifically to watch Velling.
Per @TheSpartanMag 12+ NFL coaches watched Jack Velling & MSU TEs yesterday. Under the radar 6-5 258 redshirt sophomore Michael Masunas continues to empress pic.twitter.com/eSl3d1WO6p
— John (@FromEastLansing) August 13, 2024
Now it is a very common thing for NFL scouts to attend fall practices across the country as they look to see who their organization may want to draft in the future. But 12 scouts coming to Michigan State for Velling is pretty wild.
It's no secret that there isn't much NFL talent on the roster right now, at least that the general public knows about. So it's not like these scouts are coming to East Lansing to watch 10-plus players like they could at other schools. There really is only a small amount of guys probably on NFL scouts' radars right now, and Velling is probably at the top of the list.
I imagine this trend will continue throughout the season and there will be a lot of scouts at Michigan State's games this fall to watch Velling. He does have the option to go pro after this season, but all of Spartan nation should selfishly hope that he chooses to stay at Michigan State through the 2025 season because he is a special talent.