Phillip Sims has worn glasses since high school, at least to drive and “see things far off,” so it wasn’t like the quarterback was unaware that his vision wasn’t perfect.
But during a recent team physical before minicamp, the undrafted rookie quarterback found out exactly what that meant.
“The doctor actually said, ‘It’s amazing that you’re here, with your eyesight that bad and playing quarterback on top of it,’ ” Sims said with a smile.
In one eye, Sims sees at 20/50 – meaning what people with perfect vision can see at 50 feet Sims needs to be only 20 feet away to see.