Liberty wide receiver Antonio Gandy-Golden is in Mobile, Alabama this week as he prepares for the 2020 Reese’s Senior Bowl. This is the first of several big dates in the coming weeks for AGG as he prepares for the April 2020 NFL Draft.
Gandy-Golden had a dominating senior season finishing with 1,396 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns as he helped lead the program to its first ever bowl appearance and win. As an FBS newbie, Liberty and AGG didn’t receive a ton of attention nationally over the past few seasons and the competition he faced will be a huge question mark, but this week’s game against some of the best competition in the country will be a huge opportunity for him.
“They know that I have a very good history with wide receivers,” Liberty head coach Hugh Freeze said in an interview with Greg Roberts last week. “I think (NFL scouts) trust what I say. I’ve got 9 receivers in the league right now that I recruited. I think they listen to them when I say, ‘this kid is a mix of D.K. Metcalf and Cody Core and Laquon Treadwell. His weight numbers are going to be just like D.K.’s which are freakish and AGG’s are freakish like that. Will he run what D.K. ran at the combine? No, but it’s not going to be bad, but his ball skills are every bit as good, if not a little better. Every report, every indication I get is he will go. I would think he would be taken in the top 3 rounds.”
Gandy-Golden is the fifth player in Liberty football history to receive an invitation to the Senior Bowl. He joins Wayne Haddix (DB, 1987), Eric Green (TE, 1990), Rashad Jennings (RB, 2009), and Walt Aikens (DB, 2014). He can use this week to solidify his first round NFL Draft potential, and if Tuesday is any indication he’s well on his way. Here are a few takeaways from those in attendance to watch him weigh in and his first set of practice drills:
The Senior Bowl is on Saturday at 2:30 ET and will be televised on NFL Network.
Antonio Gandy-Golden, 6’3″+ 222 lbs. Really has the chance to shine this week. Especially with some bigger named receivers pulling out of the game. #SeniorBowl
— Steve Shoup (@Steveospeak) January 21, 2020
Folks. Antonio Gandy-Golden is a top 3 wide receiver in this class.
Checks all the boxes.
Route running
Blocking
Hands
Body Control
Adjustment to ball
FootworkDude is an insane talent. #SeniorBowl
— Ricky (@rickyvalero_) January 21, 2020
#SeniorBowl day one of the North practice notes:
Antonio Gandy-Golden is as good as we’ve been preaching. Between blocking, route running, catching the ball, this kid will be a star.
Anthony Gordon & Jordan Love both looked sluggish at best.
Quartney Davis struggled
— Ricky (@rickyvalero_) January 21, 2020