Will Tye has spent his rookie season as the unheralded kid from Stony Brook University who is the first from his school to play in the pros. He wasn’t even in the NFL when the season began and has spent the past three months living a dream.
Next year, though, he hopes to be seen as something more: an NFL player. A legitimate one.
That’s the next step for him, and he’s looking forward to it.
“That’s what I need,” he told Newsday on Wednesday, reflecting on the ending of his rookie season and making the leap from gimmicky Seawolf sideshow to established second-year threat.