{"id":37714,"date":"2018-02-09T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=37714"},"modified":"2018-07-26T11:19:38","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T15:19:38","slug":"dante-pettis-2018-nfl-draft-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/02\/09\/dante-pettis-2018-nfl-draft-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Dante Pettis 2018 NFL Draft Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview
\nPosition<\/strong>: Wide receiver
\nHeight<\/strong>: 6’1″
\nWeight<\/strong>: 195 pounds
\nSchool<\/strong>: Washington Huskies<\/p>\n

Dante Pettis 2018 NFL Draft Profile<\/strong><\/h1>\n

There are athletic families, and then there is the Pettis family. You could look to his cousin, Austin Pettis<\/a><\/strong>, the receiving record holder at Boise State who then spent four years in the NFL. If that isn\u2019t enough, you could look to his father\u00a0Gary Pettis<\/strong>. He played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball, winning five gold gloves\u00a0and stealing 354 bases. It should be no surprise that Dante Pettis<\/a><\/strong> himself turned into a dangerous receiver and game-changing punt returner.<\/p>\n

Pettis made a rather good name for himself at Washington, able to distinguish himself as a pro-caliber talent in his own right. As a junior, he had 15 receiving touchdowns, creating quite the formidable pair with current Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> receiver\u00a0John Ross<\/a><\/strong>. He was no slouch his senior year either, still turning in a team-leading 63 receptions with defenses’ sole focus turning to him given that Ross graduated. Also a threat in the return game, Pettis set an NCAA record with nine punt return touchdowns, breaking the record that was held by Wes Welker<\/a><\/strong> and Antonio Perkins<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Strengths<\/h2>\n