(610 Sports) – George Karlaftis' journey to the NFL has been unique, to say the least. Growing up in Greece, football wasn't a popular sport like here in the U.S. and Karlaftis was steered away from the sport by his father, who had suffered a brain injury during football practice at the University of Miami. That all changed when his father passed in 2014 and Karlaftis' family moved near his mother's family in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Adapting to a new home, school and language, Karlaftis used his athletic talent as a way to fit in and began playing football for the first time. It didn't take long for college coaches to take notice, including his now former college coach at Purdue, Jeff Brohm.
Joining 610 Sports' The Drive on Thursday, Brohm shared his thoughts on Karlaftis' potential coming out of high school and the ensuing recruiting process that followed.
"You know, everybody's different in the recruiting process," said Brohm. "George, he was fairly raw as far as talent, hadn't played a whole lot of football. You knew there was room to grow but he was just kind of a big athletic body that was green, yet eager and willing to do whatever he needed to do to become great and you saw that early on in the communication with him, that he just wanted to find a way to become a great football player and fortunately were able to get him and he exceeded our expectations."
You can listen to Brohm's entire interview in the embedded player below: