Giants' Cam Skattebo Could Be The 'steal Of The Draft,' Former Nfl Star Says

One-time NFL Pro-Bowler Jake Plummer had precocious praise for chap Arizona State alumni and New York Giants fourth-round pick, moving backmost Cam Skattebo. 

Arizona State made nan College Football Playoff past play successful ample portion owed to Skattebo, and Plummer "can’t believe" really acold nan Sun Devils prima fell successful nan NFL Draft. 

"I can’t judge he fell that acold successful nan draught to beryllium honorable pinch you," Plummer said during a caller quality connected OutKick’s "The Ricky Cobb Show."

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Arizona State Sun Devils moving backmost Cam Skattebo, #4, reacts aft losing his helmet while being tackled by Texas Longhorns protect backmost Michael Taaffe, #16, during nan 2nd half of nan Peach Bowl astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium connected Jan. 1, 2025. (Dale Zanine-Imagn Images)

"Again, it’s nan narrative, he’s not accelerated enough, he’s sewage excessively overmuch deterioration and tear connected his tread, and it’s conscionable like, these pundits they commencement talking, and these words get out, and it tin power decisions, but he recovered himself successful nan correct place. He recovered himself successful a metropolis that’s going to emotion what he puts down connected that field. I mean he is simply a shot subordinate tried and existent from commencement to finish. No matter what you do pinch him, he’s going to springiness it your all."

"Regardless of him being a Sun Devil aliases not, he tin tally nan shot well, he tin drawback nan shot well, and successful this convention you amended cognize really to walk block, and he tin walk artifact good besides from that moving backmost position, truthful I deliberation nan Giants sewage nan bargain of nan draft," Plummer said.

Skattebo vanished 5th successful nan Heisman Trophy voting past play aft he led nan Big 12 successful rushing yards. Skattebo ran for 1,711 yards and 21 rushing touchdowns while besides catching 45 passes for 605 yards and 3 receiving touchdowns. 

Plummer said he recognized Skattebo’s imaginable during a outpouring believe a mates of years ago. 

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Arizona State moving backmost Cam Skattebo, #4, is tackled by Texas linebacker Colin Simmons, #11, during nan 4th fourth successful nan Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl successful Atlanta connected Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (IMAGN)

"My first belief of him, erstwhile I was very alerted to him and what he could do was astatine outpouring believe a fewer years back, a mates of years agone astatine Arizona State. I went retired and watched this kid return each azygous rep astatine moving back, and he was connected typical teams, each nan moving backs were injured that day," Plummer said. 

"He would tally 30 yards downfield, sprint backmost to nan huddle. You could spot that he visibly he was worn out, but everytime that shot was snapped, he would excavation deeper and travel up pinch thing and I said, ‘Wow, this kid's sewage thing successful him.’"

No subordinate successful nan Big 12 had much rushing attempts aliases plays from scrimmage than Skattebo past season. Plummer thinks Skattebo could extremity up being nan bargain of nan NFL Draft. 

"I’m excited to spot really he does astatine nan adjacent level."

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Former Arizona State backmost Jake Plummer walks retired pinch players for nan coin flip against Texas successful nan Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl successful Atlanta connected Jan. 1, 2025. (IMAGN)

The Giants dream Skattebo tin subordinate Tyrone Tracy Jr. successful nan backfield and go 1 of nan champion moving backmost duos successful nan NFL. 

Last season, arsenic a fifth-round rookie retired of Purdue, Tracy started 12 games and ran for 839 yards and 5 rushing touchdowns pinch 38 catches for 284 yards and 1 receiving touchdown. 

Plummer played successful nan NFL for 10 seasons. He spent six seasons pinch nan Arizona Cardinals and 4 pinch nan Denver Broncos. In 136 profession starts, Plummer’s grounds was 69-67 and had a cleanable 1:1 ratio of touchdowns to interceptions, arsenic he threw 161 touchdowns and 161 interceptions successful his career. 

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