{"id":1561,"date":"2021-04-30T19:40:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T19:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/?p=1561"},"modified":"2026-02-17T19:44:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:44:42","slug":"familiar-faces-reunite-after-round-one-of-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/30\/familiar-faces-reunite-after-round-one-of-nfl-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Familiar faces reunite after round one of NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The NFL Draft can always bring unexpected outcomes and the 2021 version did not disappoint. A surprising trend emerged from round one with top draft picks reuniting with their college quarterbacks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ja\u2019Marr Chase and Joe Burrow \u2013 Cincinnati Bengals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe Burrow is reuniting with his top pass-catcher from college after the Cincinnati Bengals selected Ja\u2019Marr Chase at No. 5 overall. During their time together at LSU, Chase logged 1,780 receiving yards and 20 receiving touchdowns, received the Fred Biletnikoff Award, and locked down a National Championship. Whether they can work the same magic in the NFL is yet to be seen but reconnecting increases their chances of success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think our chemistry is so good from the summer of my sophomore year. We were always working on routes. Even during game weeks, we would run routes after practice just to get that chemistry going full speed. We kept doing it over and over and it worked.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chase has always been big on his work ethic. He spoke to Double Take Sports about how that made him better than the other receivers in his draft class and how it will translate to the NFL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Ja\u2019Marr Chase says his work ethic sets him apart from other wide receiver prospects\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0IQwEAGpLYc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jalen Waddle and Tua Tagovailoa \u2013 Miami Dolphins<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No one is happier about Jalen Waddle landing with the Miami Dolphins than his former Alabama teammate Tua Tagovailoa. Drafted No. 6 overall, Waddle played two seasons with Tagovailoa in 2018 and 2019. Now they have an opportunity to carry that chemistry over to the NFL stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/MiamiDolphins\/status\/1387940676009082881\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s gonna make me better. I\u2019m gonna make him better. We\u2019re just gonna push each other and try to get better every day.\u201d He added that it won\u2019t take long to get timing back with Tua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Waddle caught 106 passes for 1,999 yards and 17 touchdowns in his collegiate career. He had at least 120 yards receiving in each of Alabama\u2019s first four games in 2020, but broke his ankle and missed much of the season.&nbsp;Waddle returned to play in the national championship game, making three receptions for 34 yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DeVonta Smith and Jalen Hurts \u2013 Philadelphia Eagles<br><br><\/strong>When the Philadelphia Eagles traded up to select 2020 Heisman Trophy winner DeVonta Smith, it catapulted him right back into a familiar situation. Smith will pair up with his former Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Run It Back Thennnn My Boy! You Deserve It All Brotha , Congrats !! Let\u2019s Get To It \u203c\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeVontaSmith_6?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DeVontaSmith_6<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jalen Hurts (@JalenHurts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JalenHurts\/status\/1387949435091656705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith and Hurts were together at Alabama in 2017 and 2018. At the time, he wasn\u2019t the top talent that he is now but under Hurts he caught 42 passes for 693 yards and six touchdowns that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before he had an opportunity to experience Smith blossom, Hurts had transferred to Oklahoma. Nonetheless, their experience was still impactful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cJalen taught everybody the game,\u201d Smith said. \u201cHe was just one of those guys that was a student of the game and taught everybody the game. When you got reps with him, he was always telling you about coverages and rotations. The connection is there, the chemistry is there. Overall, he&#8217;s just always helped everybody else be better on the field.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trevor Lawrence and Travis Etienne \u2013 Jacksonville Jaguars<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Clemson stars Trevor Lawrence and Travis Etienne&nbsp;will be teammates again in Jacksonville. After taking Lawrence with the first pick of the 2021 NFL Draft, the Jaguars set their sights on Etienne with the No. 25 overall pick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Lawrence and Etienne both being selected by the Jaguars in the first round, the Clemson teammates became the first quarterback\/running back duo from a single school ever drafted by the same team in the first round of an NFL Draft in the common draft era, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLResearch\/status\/1387972023029166088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NFL Research<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most productive backfields in college football, the Clemson dynamic duo played together for three seasons, leading the Tigers to a 39-3 record from 2018-2020, including three consecutive ACC titles and one National Championship win out of two appearances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the pick became official, Lawrence took to Twitter to celebrate his reunion with Etienne in the NFL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/Trevorlawrencee\/status\/1387974576206979078\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A surprising trend emerged from round one of the NFL Draft with draft top picks reuniting with their college quarterbacks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-1561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-features"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Chase_Burrow2.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1561"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1568,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561\/revisions\/1568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}