[2] He recorded a team-high 12.5 sacks and earned league MVP honors in 2010. Follow full coverage of Adam Gotsis during the 2016 NFL Draft on ESPN.com

A four-year letterman at Georgia Tech with 37 starts, the 6-foot-4½-inch, 287-pound defensive lineman started his football career in Australia after discovering the game playing Madden football. Adam Gotsis (Melbourne, 23 settembre 1992) è un giocatore di football americano australiano che milita nel ruolo di defensive tackle per i Jacksonville Jaguars della National Football League (NFL). Gotsis appeared in 48 games (37 starts) at Georgia Tech, totaling 110 tackles (69 solo), 12.5 sacks, two interceptions, two fumble recoveries and four blocked kicks. The Broncos drafted Gotsis just over two months after the Arizona Cardinals signed former Australian rules player Joel Wilkinson as a cornerback. Mike Sewak the offensive line coach at Georgia Tech was also one of my offensive line coaches at Hawaii. Fu scelto nel corso del secondo giro (63º assoluto) nel Draft NFL 2016 dai Denver Broncos. He played college football at Georgia Tech and was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft. [5] Gotsis started all 13 games of his sophomore season at nose tackle, recording 38 tackles (23 solo), 5.5 sacks, one interception and one pass defensed in addition to blocking two kicks. At the age of 13, while attending Kew High School, his interest in Australian rules football had waned and his mother discovered a local junior American football club, the Monash Warriors, via a Google search that Gotsis and his older brother would later join.


Gotsis was not alone though. [10], In March 2018, Gotsis was arrested for alleged rape of a woman in 2013,[11] while he was a student-athlete at Georgia Tech. German WR Niko Lester signs with Sweden’s Carlstad Crusaders, Sweden’s Uppsala 86ers add LB William James, LIVESTREAM Switzerland: Calanda Broncos @ Winterthur Warriors, Sept. 26, 18:00 CET (12:00 ET). Biografia Denver Broncos. He grew up playing Australian rules football[1] and supported the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. [12] On 15 August 2018, the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office announced that it would not pursue charges against Gotsis. Mike looked at the video and also showed it to Paul Johnson, the head coach at GT. Another Australian, punter Cameron Edwards  was picked by the New York Jets as the last pick of the draft. But Wilkinson just took up the game after playing in the AFL professionally. He surrendered himself to Atlanta Police on 7 March 2018, and was released after posting $US 50,000. How Adam Gotsis made himself an NFL draft prospect. He played college football at Georgia Tech and was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft.

Paul Manera, who played for the University of Hawaii and who now works with Gridiron Australia, coached Gotsis in Australia and knew he had something special in him: “His mum found a brochure to play Gridiron for his local club the, Monash Warriors.
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Gotsis moved to America when he was 19 years old and has not looked back. [8] He became the highest-drafted Australian-born player in NFL history.

He plays hard, runs to the ball, has some pass rush ability that we are happy about.”, Carlstad Crusaders blank Stockholm Mean Machines in potential playoff preview, LIVESTREAM Poland: Bialystok Lowlanders @ Warsaw Mets, Sept. 27, 14:00 CET (08:00 ET). American Football International is your source for news and updates about American Football outside the United States! Although he was weaned on Australian Rules football, his potential at the American game was evident early on. He ranked second on team in tackles for loss (14.5) and sacks (5.5). Adam Gotsis (born 23 September 1992) is an Australian professional American football defensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). Gotsis is recovering from a torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered on Oct. 31.

And his rapid development was not as surprising as many would think. He expects to be ready to hit the field by training camp.