Retired New England Patriots safety Rodney Harrison wasn’t among those looking skeptically at Bill Belichick’s decision to draft DII standout Kyle Dugger. Few had heard of Lenoir Rhyne, Dugger’s alma mater, in the football community prior to his selection in the 2020 NFL Draft.
But it’s not necessarily about what school Dugger came from. It’s about where he’s going in the NFL. Harrison thinks the young safety, who is a freak athlete with blazing speed (4.5-second 40-yard dash) and impressive size (6-foot-1, 215 pounds), is capable of big things.
“To me, if you can play — there’s a lot to be said about Division I-AA players like myself, Division II players,” Harrison said to NBC-10 Boston’s Raul Martinez last week.