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Bleacher Report: The Last Chance - Can 27-Year-Old @UMassFootball tight end Jean Sifrin Go from Flag Football to the NFL?

Bleacher Report: The Last Chance - Can 27-Year-Old @UMassFootball tight end Jean Sifrin Go from Flag Football to the NFL?

By John Sinnett on April 29, 2015 10:44 AM
Bleacher Report has an in-depth feature on UMass football tight end Jean Sifrin as he prepares for the 2015 NFL Draft. The production crew spent several days with Jean and the UMass football program prior to the Minutemen's NFL Pro Day event at McGuirk Stadium.

Jean Sifrin is 27 and hoping to be a sleeper pick in this year's NFL draft. He ran an uninspiring 4.84 40-yard dash at the combine and needed to impress scouts at his pro day if he was going to have any chance of getting drafted.   

At 23, Sifrin was scouted playing flag football, and three years later he found his way onto the University of Massachusetts roster. In his only D-I season, the 6'5", 245-pound tight end caught 41 balls for 637 yards and six touchdowns. He's now on the fringes of being drafted, but his age and speed are holding him back.   

Making it to the NFL would mean providing a better life for his eight-year-old son, Jabari. Can Sifrin impress his way onto a roster?

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