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2021 NFL Draft: Patrick Surtain II, Jaycee Horn were born ready for NFL

By Seth Steere

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 19: Jaycee Horn #1 of the South Carolina Gamecocks goes after a pass against C.J. McWilliams #12 of the Florida Gators during their game at Williams-Brice Stadium on October 19, 2019 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 19: Jaycee Horn #1 of the South Carolina Gamecocks goes after a pass against C.J. McWilliams #12 of the Florida Gators during their game at Williams-Brice Stadium on October 19, 2019 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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2021 NFL Draft prospect Patrick Surtain II has much in common with Jaycee Horn. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
2021 NFL Draft prospect Patrick Surtain II has much in common with Jaycee Horn. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /

Father/sons in football

Oftentimes when you go back and watch a former pro’s son play, you come away underwhelmed a tad. It comes from setting your expectations high, you expect them to just be levels above the rest around them because they have the extra tools, but more often than not their overall athletic ability can be, to be frank, disappointing. When flipping on the tape it’s hard not to expect to see a crazy athlete, his dad was a former pro, but that’s not always the case.

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For example, last season we saw Randy Moss’ son light it up for the LSU Tigers in their championship run. Randy’s son, Thaddeus Moss, is a tight end, unlike his father who played receiver. Moss, the elder, was known as a speedster, you give him an inch and he’ll take forty, but this was not the case for Thad Moss. He didn’t run his 40 at the combine or at his pro day, but it wasn’t hard to tell that he wasn’t the athlete his dad was.

However, this anomaly has not appeared to affect both, Horn and Surtain II. Both athletes possess the athleticism and skill that project nicely to the next level and could, in fact, it could get them drafted in the first 32 picks of the NFL Draft. Currently, as it stands, Surtain II has the upper hand on Horn.

What really separates them (and it’s not much) is Surtain’s willingness to get involved in the run game. Horn is a cover corner in every sense of the word, he’s going to cover and that’s about it. He plays his responsibility, forcing the ball-carrier back inside, but he doesn’t appear to like to involve himself in the run game. Surtain, on the other hand, attacks the run with much more physicality. Unlike Horn, Surtain looks to fight through and disengage from blocks so he can make the tackle.

As football becomes an aging game, it’s likely to see more and more former players getting their sons to college and into the league. It’s become a growing trend, but now more than ever we are starting to see them be as successful or even more so than their fathers.

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