Many NFL rookies find that the NFL is an entirely different animal than the college game. For one rookie, that’s actually helpful.
San Diego Chargers rookie Joey Bosa says that his energy and his play has been enhanced by the fact that he has had to play fewer snaps in NFL games than he did in college.
“I look back at Ohio State and I see I wasn’t flying around as much as I should have been,” Bosa said, via Tom Krasovic of the San Diego Union-Tribune. “But it has partly to do with the fact that I was playing 80 plays [per game] almost.”
Bosa has played three games as a Charger, and in those three games he has played 27, 56, and 47 snaps. That, he says, has helped him be more relentless and energetic on the field.
“During the game, I think, I definitely have better wind,” Bosa said, “and I’m giving 100 percent more on every single play.”
What may have also helped Bosa is a very late debut. He has unquestionably impressed in his young career so far, though, and it will be interesting to see how he holds up going forward and whether that energy remains high.
