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Jay Herndon Biography

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At this point of the pre-season, we start to hear about the stars of a football team if they have vastly improved their skill set from last year or maybe they are trying out some new tricks to be skillfully good at their position. But also at this time we start to hear the underdog players, a group of players that not many people expect to make the roster but most commonly the ones busting their asses to make one to prove their moneys worth.

And of course (if you can't tell by now) I'm talking about Javontee (Jay) Herndon.

To give you a little rundown on his life up until his stints with the Chargers, Herndon was born on June 29th 1991 in Jacksonville, Florida. He attended the University of Arkansas from 2010-2013. During the 2012 college football season, he appeared in every game and finished the season with 21 receptions, 304 yards and two touchdowns in his junior year season.

He went undrafted and was signed to an undrafted FA deal with the San …show more content…

In his presser to the media on Friday the day after the game, Head Coach Mike McCoy spoke about the likeness of Herndon's work ethic.

"I think he’s worked extremely hard, all last year…on the practice squad,” McCoy said. The success he had last night in the return game didn’t surprise me at all.”

As you can already tell, McCoy is already taking notice of Herndon's approach to finally crack open into the 53 man roster and as a head coach it would be really difficult not to notice his pristine effort to make a life's worth in the NFL.

You know what they say about underdogs: "It is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower."

And that ladies and gentlemen is what we're witnessing with Javontee Herndon, I will be rooting hard for this kid.

GO CHARGERS!

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