TOLEDO, Ohio – Five former Toledo Rockets have been invited to mini-camp tryouts with NFL teams.
Punter
Bailey Flint and offensive lineman
Vitaliy Gurman were invited to the Pittsburgh Steelers mini-camp, and linebacker
Jonathan Jones (Kansas City Chiefs), tight end
Drew Rosi (Baltimore Ravens) and long snapper
Sean Mills (Tennessee Titans) were also invited to NFL camps.
These five players join former teammates
Tycen Anderson,
Samuel Womack and
Bryant Koback in their quest to play on Sundays in 2022. Anderson (Cincinnati) and Womack (San Francisco) were chosen in the fifth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday while Koback signed a free agent contract with Minnesota.
Flint, a native of Australia, was Toledo's punter for the past five season, and was twice nominated for the Ray Guy Award as the nation's top punter. His best season was in 2019 when he averaged 47.3 yards per punt before suffering a season-ending injury. Flint also was drafted by the Hamilton Ti-Cats in the CFL Global Draft, taken as the second pick of the first round.
Gurman was a third-team All-MAC selection in 2021. He played two seasons on the offensive line for Toledo after joining the Rockets as a graduate transfer from Edinboro.
Jones, a graduate transfer from Notre Dame, played two seasons for the Rockets. He earned second-team All-MAC honors at linebacker in 2021, leading the squad with 97 tackles.
Rosi played in 49 games over five seasons for the Rockets, making 49 receptions and scoring four touchdowns. His best season came in 2019 when he caught 18 passes for 238 yards.
Mills served as Toledo's long snapper for the past four seasons after transferring from Illinois. He was twice named to the Mannelly Award watch list as the nation's best long snapper.