Michael Mayer gives himself Travis Kelce comparison at NFL Combine

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NFL fans and draft analysts love to make player comparisons to help get an idea of what a player might look like at the next level. Michael Mayer has come up with his own comp, and it's a lofty one.When asked about it during Friday's media se sion at the NFL Combine, the Notre Dame tight end said he had in mind the guy at the top in the NFL."I have to go with another 87, man, Travis Kelce," Mayer Leonard Williams Jersey said. "The way he runs his routes, the way he does his thing man, it's like no other. He's expanding the tight end game greatly and so I've got go with Trav, I got to meet him last summer, great guy and just to watch him, watch the film on him, see how he plays his game, he's tremendous at the tight end position and he's doing amazing things for the tight end position too."Michael Mayer on his NFL Player CompI gotta go with another #87, Travis Kelce Luke Sawhook (@lukesawhook) MORE: Mayer will be testing at the combine on Saturday, but the player widely expected to be the first tight end off the board has already set his sights on being compared to the best tight end in the NFL. And given his collegiate succe s, it's easy to see why he thinks so highly of his game.Mayer was a three-year starter in South Bend, Ind., and each season hauled in at least 40 pa ses, topping 67 in both his sophomore and junior years. As a sophomore, he caught 71 pa ses for 840 yards and seven touchdowns and built on that succe s as a junior despite having more of a target on his back as he hauled in 67 pa ses for 809 yards and nine touchdowns. He was a consensus All-American in 2022.There are plenty of reasons to see Kelce as a comp for Mayer, even if it is a bit lofty before he's played an NFL snap. Kelce checks in at 6-5, 256 pounds, while Mayer comes in at 6-4, 265 pounds. In his senior year at Cincinnati, Kelce caught 45 pa ses for 722 yards and eight touchdowns to jump into the NFL draft picture. Their playing style is also similar as both Wendell Smallwood Jersey are effective blockers who are standout route runners and weapons in the pa sing game.MORE:Coming out of high school, however, Mayer had quite a bit more hype. He was a and was listed as the No. 32 recruit in the 2020 cla s. Kelce was a .Both also share ties to the Queen City. Kelce, who grew up in Cleveland Heights, went to college in Cincinnati, while Mayer, a native of Independence, Kentucky, went to high school at Covington Catholic, which is just acro s the Ohio River from Cincinnati.Mayer might share some similarities with Kelce, but he isn't likely to share the same uniform as him. He is all but guaranteed to go in the first round, and the Chiefs with Kelce already entrenched at tight end would be unlikely to spend their first pick at No. 31 on a tight end. But Mayer didn't rule out going a few picks above the Chiefs to the Bengals, who have become a rival of Kelce's squad and would see him returning to his hometown team."It would be awesome. Joe Burrow throwing me that ball man look, he's a national champion, he's taken his team to the Super Bowl," Mayer said. "Obviously I'm trying to win ball games, man, I'm trying to go to the NFL. I'm trying to win ball games and win a Super Bowl. So yeah I want to be put in a good position for sure to be able to have a good quarterback throwing my way, being able to win some Super Bowls and things like that. Growing up 15 minutes from Who Dey stadium, man it would be awesome, there's no Derrick Kindred Jersey doubt about that."Michael Mayer on the po sibility of playing for the Bengals:It would be awesome man! Luke Sawhook (@lukesawhook)
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