Former El Camino football player Jean Sifrin hopes his dreams become reality this weekend as he will wait for his name to be called at the 2015 NFL Draft.

The 6-foot-5-inch, 245-pound tight end played for EC in 2013 and finished the season with 18 catches for 328 yards and five touchdowns in five games.

Sifrin transferred to the University of Massachusetts in 2014 and had a breakout season. His 42 catches, 642 yards and six touchdowns earned him first team all Mid-American Conference honors. He had a spectacular leaping one-handed catch against Colorado that landed him on Sportcenter’s Top 10 Plays.

Sifrin is raw but an athletic tight end with above-average leaping ability and open-field talent to stress defenses vertically, according to his draft profile on the NFL website. He’s projected as a mid-to-late round prospect by most draft analyst. At his pro day he ran a 4.75 40-yard dash and bench-pressed 225 pounds 15 times. He showed his leaping ability with a 31-inch vertical leap.

The 27-year-old Sifrin has had a long journey to the NFL. He dropped out of high school at 17 and became a father at 19, according the MMQB website. His age can be a factor in where he lands.

Sifrin’s story has caught the eye of major media outlets. ESPN and the Esquire network will tell their versions of his story. Both will have TV cameras watching him at his Miami home during the draft according to the Gazettenet website.

Attempts to reach EC football coach John Featherstone for this story were made but the Union did not receive an immediately reply.

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