Detroit Lions Daurice Fountain caught attention of Dan Campbell, previously thought of retirement.
wide receiver Daurice Fountain contemplated ending his NFL career and calling it quits when he was grinding on the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions practice squads.“I ain’t gonna lie to you, if it wasn’t for Kalif Raymond. There’s a few, it’s a lot of guys, but specifically if it wasn’t for Kalif Raymond and a guy named Nsimba Webster, I probably wouldn’t be here right now. Just because, when I was at my lowest times and I was ready to hang it up, they brought me up.
"Even today, when I had a bad practice. We’re over there talking, he’s chopping it up, he’s like, ‘You’ve got until walkthrough to get over this and you better bring that energy back like you normally have because you’re that guy.’ You just love that, man. Especially coming out here, I’m not new to the team, but I’m still fairly new compared to all the guys that’s been here for the last few years. It’s just nice to have someone like that in your corner," Fountain said.
He was elevated to the active roster briefly with the Colts in 2020, but has otherwise played exclusively as a practice squad elevation."Fountain was one of those guys that when we got him here last year, practice squad, by the end of the year he was one of those where you were like, 'Man, this guy improved.' You could see it in practice, you could feel it. Man, he works. He's a worker. He got ability and he works. He's another one, yeah, he's caught our eye.
"Man, have a big receiver that runs pretty good for that size, and he plays physical, he kind of brings a different game in that room and can potentially help us on special teams, man that’s a good sign. So he’s in a good spot," Campbell continued. "I think, to that point, just the consistency of, man, if we need to move you, move you to another spot on offense, just the mental aspect of it. Cut out a couple of these little things that are popping up, the details of it.
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