CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Phillip Lindsay is pissed off.



It’s 9 a.m. on a Wednesday and Lindsay is already halfway through one of his daily workouts at Landow Performance, his second home this offseason as he prepares for the next phase of his football career. The first hour of his workout is typically speed and conditioning under the guidance of sports performance coach Augustine Agyei. For the following hour, Lindsay weaves his way through the weight room, circuit after circuit, rack after rack, barely breaking a sweat as pushes through the pain and fatigue and blows off some steam.



Since the culmination of the Buffs’ 5-7 season, Lindsay has been here, chasing an NFL dream and thinking of every doubter along the way. They said he was too small. They said he wasn’t fast enough. Not strong enough. Not athletic enough.



They said he wasn’t worthy of an NFL combine invite.



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