At best, another Quebec player caught the eye of NFL recruiters this season. Guard Sidy Sow, who played as a defensive lineman in his debut with the Cégep Champline-Lennoxville Cougars, could be headed to the big leagues.
Prudence is a perfect fit for Promontais, who completed his university studies at Eastern Michigan. Not because his performance on the pitch has left him in the shadows, but the opposite.
For the second year in a row, his quality of play earned him an NCAA Mid-American Conference (MAC) first-team selection last fall.
His discretion is due to his recognition as a highly reserved individual. Several times this season, Newspaper Attempts to get an interview with him were unsuccessful.
As he’s in the NFL’s lineup, there’s a good chance he’ll look back on his journey with the Cougars’ Jean-Francois Joncas, his last head coach in Quebec.
“He’s a really reserved guy,” he laughs. But not on the football field! “, he hastened to add.
“He’s very involved in his business and NFL teams like kids who don’t have a problem off the field.”
Healthy change
In 2015 at Lennoxville, Chow made a name for himself by shining on the defensive line. American scouts who came to watch him immediately liked him, but he was suggested as an offensive lineman.
“In practice, defensive linemen often simulate the offensive lineman position to practice against each other.
“On the offensive line, the defensive coaches came to me to tell me he was going to be our best! He blocked so easily, but we had great players. It just showed that he was already a super athlete,” Joncas said.
A high capacity
Although he was playing at a completely different position at the time, Chow had already demonstrated great athletic abilities that pointed to a promising future.
Joncas knows something about this, having already seen two of his defenders, Anthony Auclair and offensive lineman Phillip Blake, in the NFL.
“I was able to make the comparisons and I could see that he was more athletic than Phil. Credit goes to him for all the work he did at Eastern Michigan to improve. It takes a lot of determination to learn a new position at that level in the NCAA,” praised the coach.
“For our program, it’s a great pride and a reflection on Quebec soccer as a whole. »
Generally speaking, CD Chou is viewed as a potential prospect to be selected in the 5-7 rounds on the last day of the draft or to be hired as a free agent.
