But I think every coach on the staff knew that he was a dude, and we never doubted it. I just think a lot of schools missed him because Cedric was a phenomenal football player, and for whatever reason I’m not sure why. “That was a weird deal because he was a big kid in high school and he was fast. But I think Tennessee was really the only school that had offered him at the very end there towards signing day.
“He really didn’t have any offers coming into his senior year,” Sanchez said. Meanwhile, Tillman went largely overlooked despite producing on the field. “Even when he wasn’t the guy, he was already the guy.” “College coaches would come watch Tate at practice, see Dorian throw the ball and then just offer him (a scholarship),” Sanchez recalled. Thompson-Robinson was a highly touted recruit even though he spent much of his high school career backing up Tate Martell.
It shows that even for players at a national powerhouse football program, there’s more than one road to ultimate success. One of the best parts of the story of their reunion in the NFL is how different their paths were to this point. I feel privileged that I was there at a little bit of part of their growth to maybe help a little bit, but I feel more now that I’m excited that I’m now a spectator for kids that I got to see kind of grow up for a little bit.” “It seems like it was so long ago they were playing for me, but it also seems like it was yesterday. Sanchez, who left Gorman in January 2020, took a moment upon hearing Thompson-Robinson’s destination to process that was the same team that selected Tillman the previous night. The Browns came right back Saturday morning and selected Dorian Thompson-Robinson, a quarterback out of UCLA. Wide receiver Cedric Tillman, who played collegiately at Tennessee, heard his name called by Cleveland on Friday night. He did get an unexpected surprise as he celebrated turning 43, however, as he learned two of his former players at Bishop Gorman would be NFL teammates with the Browns. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal were no singing waiters or rehearsed dance routines during Kenny Sanchez’s birthday lunch with his family Saturday at a Las Cruces, New Mexico, restaurant.
FILE - Bishop Gorman coach Kenny Sanchez and his players celebrate after defeating Reno's Bishop Manogue 69-26 in the NIAA high school football championship at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday, Dec.
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