What made Kittle stick his nose up during the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine.
He’s incredibly resilient.
George Kittle made a strong impression on scouts during the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine when, as a prospective tight end for the San Francisco 49ers, he endured a bloody mishap.
In a recent episode of NFL Films’ “A Football Life,” released in November, Kittle recounted the unsettling beginning to a crucial performance.
“I was definitely stressed out,” Kittle shared with NFL Films. “My eyes were super dry, [and] my nose was dry. We were doing this run-blocking drill where another tight end was holding the pad. I fired off and hit it, and the bottom of the pad just comes up and smacks me in the nose. It didn’t hurt, but it hit. Instantly, a faucet starts coming out of my nose.”
“Finally, they came back with a roll of toilet paper and handed it to me, and I was just shoving toilet paper up my nose for the next two hours while I tested — it was awesome.”
During the combine’s broadcast, then-NFL Network draft analyst Rich Eisen remarked, “Looks like Kittle took a header somewhere. What a way to keep his nose from bleeding.”
