LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Not long after he was drafted by the Chicago Bears with the 122nd pick, former Iowa punter Tory Taylor received a congratulatory text from his new quarterback that came with a proclamation.
"Caleb [Williams] just texted me before saying 'hey you're not going to punt too much here,' which is great," Taylor said on Saturday. "That was pretty funny."
Taylor, who won the Ray Guy Award as the most outstanding collegiate punter, set the NCAA record with 4,479 yards on 93 punts, which broke the total yardage mark that had stood for 85 years.