The Post has been granted unprecedented access into the world of the Giants scouting department. In Part 2 of this continuing series, we meet Scott Hamel, the world scout who played an enormous role within the evaluation process that brought Jaxson Dart to the Giants.
Hamel, 41, is in his fourth 12 months with the Giants after spending seven years with the Bears. He was an all-state running back at Rye High School in Westchester County and a walk-on running back/fullback at Michigan. As a university area scout, his states to cover are Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.
General manager Joe Schoen on Hamel: “One other really good evaluator. He’s in probably crucial area, if you happen to needed to rank the areas, there’s a variety of players drafted out of his area, being within the Southeast. You actually got to trust your scouts down in that area not only from an evaluation however the background and having contacts at the faculties and sometimes it will possibly be difficult at those big schools with the quantity of talent that they’ve.”
Q: How much exposure did you will have with Jaxson Dart?
The Post has been granted unprecedented access into the world of the Giants scouting department. In Part 2 of this continuing series, we meet Scott Hamel, the world scout who played an enormous role within the evaluation process that brought Jaxson Dart to the Giants.
Hamel, 41, is in his fourth 12 months with the Giants after spending seven years with the Bears. He was an all-state running back at Rye High School in Westchester County and a walk-on running back/fullback at Michigan. As a university area scout, his states to cover are Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.
General manager Joe Schoen on Hamel: “One other really good evaluator. He’s in probably crucial area, if you happen to needed to rank the areas, there’s a variety of players drafted out of his area, being within the Southeast. You actually got to trust your scouts down in that area not only from an evaluation however the background and having contacts at the faculties and sometimes it will possibly be difficult at those big schools with the quantity of talent that they’ve.”
Q: How much exposure did you will have with Jaxson Dart?
