Sam Darnold is set to compete for the starting quarterback job for the San Francisco 49ers, as the job appears to be up in the air as Brock Purdy and Trey Lance recover from injuries.
Darnold spent the last two seasons with the Carolina Panthers after three years with the New York Jets, who selected him with the third overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft.
The former USC standout appeared on a recent episode of Barstool Sports’ «Parson My Take» and said he had grown close with teammate George Kittle and even stayed at the pool house until he found his own place.
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Sam Darnold of the San Francisco 49ers looks to pass during the mandatory minicamp at the SAP Performance Facility on June 7, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. (Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images)
Co-host PFT Commenter pressed Darnold on why he moved, with the quarterback confirming that he thought the place was haunted. He said it wasn’t the reason he moved, but the paranormal potential of the place didn’t exactly help.
«It was crazy though. I’ve never had anything like this happen to me before. And I’m talking as much about the New England game as George’s house. But it was crazy, man. I woke up and you know how.» sometimes you have a dream and then you wake up and feel like you can’t move for like four or five seconds, whatever.»
«And you know, I felt that, and I woke up, it was like 3 a.m., I went to pee, and, you know, I came back, I fell asleep. And then the next night, the same thing happened, and I couldn’t, I had to keep concentrating. in this thing… there was something else in the room.»
Sam Darnold of the San Francisco 49ers looks to pass during the mandatory minicamp at the SAP Performance Facility on June 7, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. (Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images)
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PFT commentator Big Cat and Darnold joked that it could be the «man in the hat», but the quarterback denied this.
«It was very scary, and I’ve never dealt with anything like it before,» Darnold said. «I know a couple of people who have had situations where there’s been…either as [an] old Civil War place where now there is like a hotel or a dormitory and people have certain experiences with that.
«But it was super, super weird, and I felt like when I woke up there was something, like, clinging to me, and then the next night, I felt like something was in the room with me, and it was… the weirdest thing. It gives me It’s chilly to talk about it right now, but that’s never happened to me before.»
Trey Lance #5 and Sam Darnold #14 of the San Francisco 49ers are pictured during the mandatory minicamp at the SAP Performance Facility on June 7, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. (Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images)
Darnold has played in 56 games between his time with the Jets and the Panthers.
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He has 11,767 career passing yards and 61 passing touchdowns.
Fox News’ Ryan Canfield contributed to this report.