EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Sandro Platzgummer isn’t your ordinary 24-year-old running back trying to make the New York Giants’ roster.
Platzgummer is in the fourth year of a six-year program to become a physician. He never played college football. He came out of a club program — in Austria. He’s one of those real long shots in training camp, and maybe that’s why his teammates enjoyed seeing him succeed this past weekend.
If you have any doubt, watch Platzgummer’s 48-yard fourth-quarter run against the rival Jets on a play that starts at the Giants 1. He takes the handoff in the end zone, sees the gap between the center and guard blocked, breaks the run around the right end and is tackled in front of his teammates near midfield.