AFL Draft Pick Me Kyle Langford has overcome rejection to be this years draft bolter - Northern Knights

AFL Draft Pick Me: Kyle Langford has overcome rejection to be this year’s draft bolter

TOO skinny, too small and lacks penetration in his kicking.

That was the feedback delivered to Kyle Langford when he was cut from the under-16 Vic Metro squad two years ago.

Now 19kg heavier, 12cm taller and rated the second-best kick at the draft combine, the Northern Knights utility is this year’s draft bolter.

Langford burnt Darcy Moore in a defensive forward role to open his season and he could join the father-son swingman, with the versatile talent hot on the Magpies’ radar at pick five.

“It’s pretty hard feedback to get when my weight was out of my control at that age,” Langford said of his 2012 rejection.

Click here to read the full article by Adam Baldwin on the Herald Sun Website

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afl-draft-pick-me-kyle-langford-has-overcome-rejection-to-be-this-years-draft-bolter/story-fnau1fjg-1227128763826

Last Modified on 20/11/2014 13:13

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AFL Draft Pick Me: Kyle Langford has overcome rejection to be this year’s draft bolter

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