He's the son of a world champion arm wrestler, and he's the NCAA’s all-time leader in career TD passes. Tyson Bagent may be a longshot Divison II draft prospect, but NFL teams are watching.
Born and raised in West Virginia’s eastern panhandle, Bagent was introduced to football at a young age by his father, Travis. And Travis, a world-champion arm wrestler , knew from the outset that he wanted his son to play quarterback. So, “I made sure I coached the team,” Travis said. “And I made sure we threw the football at a super-high rate.”
“I know what the percentages are for athletes to make it professionally,” Bagent said, “but I can’t imagine what the chances are for where I’m from.” “I always grew up around Shepherd,” Tyson said, “and knew what it was like, and didn’t receive the offers that were spectacular enough to take me away from what I already had.”
With that 2021 performance, Bagent finally drew some of the attention that had eluded him coming out of high school. Last offseason, he put his name in the transfer portal and heard from — by his own estimation — “almost every school in the country.” He took official visits to West Virginia and Maryland and had additional trips planned to Western Kentucky and Northwestern.
“When the academic advisor gave us his schedule with 37 credit hours, I looked at Tyson and he looked at me, and I knew he was going back to Shepherd at that point,” Travis said. Boyd would host three or four tournaments a year, with the best arm wrestlers in the world making the trek just off I-81 to Shepherdstown, W.Va. “My whole career started,” Travis said, “because I was trying to beat grown men at a young age.”
“I think Tyson grew up in that competitive nature of our household,” Travis explained. “If Pop wins, Christmas will be better.” After the Senior Bowl will be the scouting combine, followed by Bagent’s pro day and countless meetings and workouts with NFL teams. The process will culminate in late April at the 2023 NFL Draft, where he’ll hope to hear his name called.
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