3 under-the-radar Commanders staking strong claims at 2024 training camp
With training camp underway and the Washington Commanders already in pads, the regular season is just around the corner. Week 1 at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is just under a month away. It's that time of year when things start kicking into full speed.
For teams all across the league, that means that it's also the time when a few diamonds in the rough - a few players yet unnoticed - tend to make their move to stand out from the crowd and make an NFL roster.
When it comes to the Commanders, this is a list of some under-the-radar players making that push. While you may have heard of a few, some are more surprising. They also have some important tools that could come in handy for the beginning of Washington's new era.
Let's get to it.
Under-the-radar Commanders players staking strong claims at 2024 training camp
Brycen Tremayne - Commanders WR
This one is going to catch a lot of people by surprise. Though the Washington Commanders have a reasonably clear top four or five wide receivers, it's not as if the rest completely lack talent.
It's the norm for NFL teams. Everyone can play. But what makes Brycen Tremayne stand out are a few things. Primarily, that he is 6-foot-4.
As a part of the current Commanders group, he would add a type of diversity that other members simply can't. Tremayne would give Washington's offense a great change-of-pace type player who can continue to stand out with impressive snags like the diving one he caught in a recent practice from Marcus Mariota. The former Stanford star finds himself on the bubble, just close enough to make the roster.
Tremayne has something else going for him. Once ranked as the No. 524 receiver in the country, he was a two-star high school. The wideout had one offer from Harvard. Instead, he opted to walk on at Stanford, where he scraped his way into the rotation. It seemed he was beginning to find his way, but a serious a leg injury was almost career-ending dented his dreams in the blink of an eye.
Once again, he overcame the odds. From an unrecruited prospect, to getting injured, to going undrafted, the guy just keeps at it. If we're being honest, his story seems like just the type of one to attract the attention of the new ball coach.
Of course, being a 6-foot-4 wideout doesn't hurt, either.