If, last summer, you asked Matt Araiza whether he’d be sitting on this bench outside of the NFL combine, he probably would have said no. After all, he’d hit only five punts in college before the 2021 season. He might have had the same answer even if you asked him 48 hours before the combine, too, thanks to a stomach bug that caused him to delay his arrival to Indy (he refuses to blame it on Southern California staple In-N-Out Burger). But he made it, and now he’s a week away from likely being drafted, something that happens to only two or three specialists every year.
NFL Draft: Meet Matt Araiza, Punt God
