'I would die for you Coach' Lions' new edge rusher Ahmed Hassanein had a beautiful moment on the phone with Dan Campbell
This is what the NFL Draft is all about. You get to see years of hard work pay off and you get to see dreams coming true in real time. One of everyones favorite things to see is the phone calls the player have with teams. New Detroit Lions edge rusher Ahmed Hassanein had the […]
This is what the NFL Draft is all about. You get to see years of hard work pay off and you get to see dreams coming true in real time. One of everyones favorite things to see is the phone calls the player have with teams.
New Detroit Lions edge rusher Ahmed Hassanein had the best one ever. It was so good that you might cry a little. Watch him as he tells Dan Campbell that he would die for him, and he would die on the field as he says, "I just want you to believe in me."
Hassanein fills that edge hole that Lions fans have been dying for. He was very good at Boise State last year with 62 pressures, which was fifth in the nation, and 12 sacks. The Lions not only got an edge rusher, they very clearly got a culture fit.
We have a more in-depth report on Hassanein below.
The Lions find their next Ezekiel Ansah in the 2025 NFL Draft with selection of Ahmed Hassanein
Back in 2013, the Detroit Lions had the fifth pick in the NFL Draft, and they took a chance on a young Ghana-born edge rusher who had spent most of his life playing basketball and played football for just a couple of years before the draft. That was Ezekiel Ansah. Ansah worked out really well. […]
