PUEBLO — According to a twitter post, CSU-Pueblo senior wide receiver Dionte Sykes has announced he is forgoing his senior year of eligibility and will begin to train for the NFL draft.
Thank You CSUP 🤞🏽🖤 pic.twitter.com/vnb9PjNFT1
— Dionté Sykes (@DS5ive) September 10, 2020
"This past (CSU-Pueblo) pro day, people were expecting me to come out," explained Sykes. "The teams I interviewed with. they thought I was coming out that year, and I was like, 'oh no, I got hurt, I'm staying (which they were surprised by).' Now I got to come out (because) there's no certainty in playing. I am trying to do the best with what I can right now."
Plenty of Division I football players have forgone their senior year to prepare for the NFL draft this year due to COVID-19 and delayed seasons.
After an injury riddled season last year in Pueblo, only playing in 5 games, Thunderwolf head football coach John Wristen encouraged Sykes to chase his NFL dreams.
But in those 5 games, Sykes had 17 catches for 397 yards and led the team in average yards per catch with 23.35 yards.
