CBS · May 10, 2018
Jets’ Darnold Goes High-Tech, Employs Training That Could Help All Quarterbacks
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Sam Darnold zipped pass after pass down the field, knowing each one of them counted.
Literally.
The New York Jets rookie quarterback was at his old stomping grounds of San Clemente High School in California last month, just a few weeks before being the No. 3 overall pick in the NFL draft, tossing “smart” footballs equipped with computer chips calculating his every throw.
It was high-tech training that Darnold and Jordan Palmer, his mentor and a former NFL quarterback, believe will help him — as well as other signal callers around the country — improve skills through unique and meticulous data.
