AmsterBison
July 27th, 2008, 03:49 AM
Before the NFL
http://www.thebulletin.us/site/index.cfm?newsid=19869041&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=576361&rfi=8
Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, Mays quickly learned how to become a survivor. He survived one of the roughest, toughest neighborhoods in the country and somehow thrived despite circumstances that could generously be described as less than ideal.
"Most people would say that staying away from violence is easy," Mays said after the Eagles' morning practice yesterday. "But staying away from bad people, that gets hard, because most of the people that do wrong are your friends and family. It's kind of hard to tell them, 'You've gotta get away from me with all that. I can't be around you.'
In Camp, Before he can hit
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20080724_Bob_Ford__Eagles_rookie_Mays_eager_to_sta rt_hitting.html
Over and over, Joe Mays was right behind them yesterday, casting a low, thick shadow of things to come on the tight ends and running backs who were his responsibility. He wanted to hit them, to separate them from the football with one of those cartoon tackles in which the helmet and the shoes of the unfortunate player pop off at the same time.
In Camp, Now he can Hit
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20080727_Playback_The_Day_at_Lehigh.html
A-Mays-ing hits
The rookie who made the biggest impression of Day One at coach Andy Reid's full-contact camp was linebacker Joe Mays, a sixth-round pick out of North Dakota State. Mays made jarring, crowd-pleasing hits on tight end Kris Wilson and running back Ryan Moats.
Joe Mays was one the best-loved student-athletes ever at NDSU... still is. Go Joe!
http://www.thebulletin.us/site/index.cfm?newsid=19869041&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=576361&rfi=8
Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, Mays quickly learned how to become a survivor. He survived one of the roughest, toughest neighborhoods in the country and somehow thrived despite circumstances that could generously be described as less than ideal.
"Most people would say that staying away from violence is easy," Mays said after the Eagles' morning practice yesterday. "But staying away from bad people, that gets hard, because most of the people that do wrong are your friends and family. It's kind of hard to tell them, 'You've gotta get away from me with all that. I can't be around you.'
In Camp, Before he can hit
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20080724_Bob_Ford__Eagles_rookie_Mays_eager_to_sta rt_hitting.html
Over and over, Joe Mays was right behind them yesterday, casting a low, thick shadow of things to come on the tight ends and running backs who were his responsibility. He wanted to hit them, to separate them from the football with one of those cartoon tackles in which the helmet and the shoes of the unfortunate player pop off at the same time.
In Camp, Now he can Hit
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20080727_Playback_The_Day_at_Lehigh.html
A-Mays-ing hits
The rookie who made the biggest impression of Day One at coach Andy Reid's full-contact camp was linebacker Joe Mays, a sixth-round pick out of North Dakota State. Mays made jarring, crowd-pleasing hits on tight end Kris Wilson and running back Ryan Moats.
Joe Mays was one the best-loved student-athletes ever at NDSU... still is. Go Joe!