Naples High grad Adkins soaks up rookie symposium

PALM BEACH GARDENS — Even back in high school when he suited up for the Naples High Golden Eagles and head football coach Bill Kramer, Spencer Adkins looked more mature and wiser than most of the other players on the field. So it was no surprise to see him get mistaken for a veteran among the rest of the rookies on Tuesday at the NFL Rookie Symposium being held at PGA National Resort & Spa.

Adkins, 22, took to the makeshift flag football fields set up on the driving range in the second session of the youth football clinic sporting a goatee beard minus the mustache and a pair of glasses. He was not supposed to be the only Collier County athlete in attendance, but Kansas City Chiefs rookie tight end and Gulf Coast graduate Jake O’Connell was unable to make trip because he is rehabbing an undisclosed injury.

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