Utah State wide receiver Jalen Royals wasn’t the only former Aggie to receive a call from an NFL team over the weekend. Royals heard his name called by the Kansas City Chiefs on day three of the NFL Draft, but at least four of his USU teammates have also made a step toward fulfilling their pro football dreams.
The first notable signing after Royals was offensive lineman Wyatt Bowles who signed an undrafted free agent deal with the Los Angeles Rams. Bowles wasn’t a bona fide draft prospect but his signing drew praise from online scouts and media covering the draft.
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Bowles is a player who had to patiently wait his turn to play a notable role on the team. His collegiate career began in 2018, making him one of the last Aggies on the team who had been teammates with the now-Green Bay Packers QB Jordan Love. He had a redshirt, medical redshirt and COVID season to extend his college tenure. It took until 2023 for him to get more than scant snaps on the offensive line. Across 2023 and 2024 he appeared in 24 games, with 20 starts, mostly at guard.Β
Despite not ranking high in really any draft circles, Bowles was an overperformer in some physical measurements. According to the Relative Athletic Score, a composite tool that seeks to rank prospects based on a combination of physical measurements, Bowles ranked 206th our of 1,736 guard prospects since 1987.
Three other former Aggies have been invited of rookie camps with various teams β long-snapper Jacob Garcia (Miami Dolphins), quarterback Spencer Petras (both the Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs) and wide receiver Kyrese White (Denver Broncos).
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NFL rookie mini camps will be held May 10-12, which is when Garcia, Petras and White will try to impress teams enough to stick around for the full offseason camps, but it is a long shot for players to make it through that process. Royals, as a drafted player, along with Bowles who received a contract, will make it to the full offseason program where they’ll get a more likely chance to make the 53-man roster for their respective teams come this fall.
