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Gunner Olszewski Is Getting Big Compliments From Bill Belichick For His Development

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It is never easy to get public approval from coach Belichick, but second year wide receiver Gunner Olszewski has drawn some rave reviews so far for his development since last season. Gunner surprised many when he won a spot on the team last year after going undrafted out of little known Bemidji State University where he played cornerback for the Division II school and even won Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors as a senior. Belichick absolutely loves these type of multi dimensional players, and Olszewski quickly transitioned to receiver, and punt returner.

“Gunner’s improved tremendously. Again, both physically and from a football standpoint,” said Bill Belichick. “He’s a smart kid, he works extremely hard. He’s tough, he’s very, very competitive. He needs to learn how to do a lot of different things for us and he continues to work on things that will expand his opportunities. So it’ll be interesting to watch him take advantage, or try to take advantage, of those opportunities, and watch him play and see how all of that’s coming together. His overall background, knowledge, understanding, being a professional athlete, training, some of his fundamental athletic skills — he’s refined those quite a bit and he’s much, much, much further ahead from where he was last year.”

Gunner is not guaranteed a spot, but if he is getting those kind of compliments from Belichick and his teammates, he is certainly headed in the right direction, and will likely secure one of the final spots at receiver.

“Gunner is a tough kid,” said JC Jackson. “Gunner is the type of kid you know you have to compete against. He’s coming at you every play, every snap. He’s going to go 100 percent, even in blocking drills. He’s a dog. He has a dog mentality. I love going against Gunner.”