Carolina Panthers sixth-round draft pick Alex Armah was watching the draft last month from his parents’ home in Georgia and mentally preparing himself to become an undrafted free agent pickup.
He was a two-way star both in high school and at West Georgia, but with each program he had to work his way up – even redshirting his freshman year of college, something that he says really humbled him.
But after putting on weight and showing his collegiate coaches – who mostly had kept him as a pass-rusher or linebacker – that could knock defenses on their fannies with what quickly became a trademark of his – the “swinging gate” trick play – Armah became one of the most celebrated West Georgia football players in recent history and earned the school’s prestigious “Mr.