“It’s OK to tell yourself you’re more than a football player,” Foles said he told Hager.
CLOSE The NFL Draft is just weeks away. USA TODAY Sports' Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz looks at five teams with big questions to answer in the first round. USA TODAY SportsIt had been Hager’s oldest brother Bron’s idea to grab lunch with the nearly-retired-turned-Super-Bowl-MVP quarterback. Foles had played with Bron at Austin Westlake High dating back to 2005 and later with brother Bryce on the Rams in 2015.
Foles ordered the Prime Time, too. He also ditched steak sauce for Sassy Sauce. Maybe this wouldn’t be so bad, Hager thought.“It’s OK to tell yourself you’re more than a football player,” Foles recalled to USA TODAY Sports of what he told Hager. “Playing football doesn’t mean your dreams of doing something else are out the window. Playing football helps with all that.”
Hager had already pursued one acting role with “Twelve Mighty Orphans,” adapted from a 2007 novel billed as the “original Friday Night Lights.” He’s producing two documentaries, as well, including one on former Longhorns teammate Gary Johnson’s life story. Without a combine invite, Hager wondered if his film dreams were more realistic than their football counterparts.NEWSLETTERSThank you! You're almost signed up for SportsKeep an eye out for an email to confirm your newsletter registration.
Hager could do that, Foles assured him. The quarterback, who signed a four-year deal with the Jaguars this offseason, reminded Hager that a colorful personality at Texas enabled rather than prevented his on-field production. Sure, the honesty led to school-orchestrated apologies in 2016 when Hager said he would aim to injure then-Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes and in 2018 when he quipped “OU still sucks” to the dismay of Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby.
Now, the self-described multihyphenate eyes the draft with fire. The always-confident prospect dares teams not to miss out on “the next Tom Brady,” the “most explosive player in the draft with the quickest first step in Texas” who will beat “any tackle off the block any time.” He recorded three tackles, half a sack, a tackle for loss and a quarterback hurry in the 41-34 win at Lubbock. The budding actor even bandaged up his healthy elbow in hopes the Red Raiders couldn’t discern which he’d actually dislocated.
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