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During his introductory press conference late Friday night, Kansas City Chiefs third-round pick Ashton Gillotte described his connection to new teammate George Karlaftis.
"(DE) George (Karlaftis) and I are coached by the same Coach – (Louisville Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line) Mark Hagen. He had him at Purdue, and then Coach Hagen came to us (Louisville)." said Gillotte, "The relationship with George is (that) he was training with us, just because (a) free facility in the offseason, and so, my coach was like, 'I think this would be a good person for you to get in with. He's a smart guy. I think you would be able to relate to him a little bit.' I was doing film study with him, watching plays – he was watching (our) practice, saying, 'that's bad, you have to fix that.' He's very critical, but in a lot of ways, he helped refine how our pass rushing needed to get to this level to be considered. It's kind of a mentor-type role, trying not to blow his phone up too much and try to respect it. Now he has no choice, he's stuck with me."
Gillotte spent four seasons at Louisville, appearing in 51 games and recording 131 tackles (73 solo), 40.5 tackles for loss, 26.5 sacks, four forced fumbles, and three fumble recoveries. Last season, he earned Second-team All-ACC honors and led the Cardinals with 10 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks, starting 12 games and recording 43 total tackles.
Kansas City has selected two other players in franchise history with the 66th overall pick, most recently selecting RB James Hadnot out of Texas Tech in the 1980 NFL draft. Before Hadnot, quarterback Dave Jaynes was selected out of Kansas in 1974.
This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: Chiefs DL Ashton Gillotte describes connection to George Karlaftis
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"(DE) George (Karlaftis) and I are coached by the same Coach – (Louisville Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line) Mark Hagen. He had him at Purdue, and then Coach Hagen came to us (Louisville)." said Gillotte, "The relationship with George is (that) he was training with us, just because (a) free facility in the offseason, and so, my coach was like, 'I think this would be a good person for you to get in with. He's a smart guy. I think you would be able to relate to him a little bit.' I was doing film study with him, watching plays – he was watching (our) practice, saying, 'that's bad, you have to fix that.' He's very critical, but in a lot of ways, he helped refine how our pass rushing needed to get to this level to be considered. It's kind of a mentor-type role, trying not to blow his phone up too much and try to respect it. Now he has no choice, he's stuck with me."
Gillotte spent four seasons at Louisville, appearing in 51 games and recording 131 tackles (73 solo), 40.5 tackles for loss, 26.5 sacks, four forced fumbles, and three fumble recoveries. Last season, he earned Second-team All-ACC honors and led the Cardinals with 10 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks, starting 12 games and recording 43 total tackles.
Kansas City has selected two other players in franchise history with the 66th overall pick, most recently selecting RB James Hadnot out of Texas Tech in the 1980 NFL draft. Before Hadnot, quarterback Dave Jaynes was selected out of Kansas in 1974.
This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: Chiefs DL Ashton Gillotte describes connection to George Karlaftis
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