NFL prospect and North Texas native Tyler Owens shares unconventional beliefs about space
Tyler Owens , who hails from North Texas native and played his collegiate football at Texas Tech, turned heads at the NFL Combine for his theories on outer space.
The Plano native who attended Plano East Senior High School was at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis where he stated that he doesn’t believe in space or other planets.
Texas Tech's Tyler Owens, who's a favorite to post the fastest 40 at this year's NFL combine, doesn't "believe in space," as in "other planets," and feels flat-earth theories have some "valid points." pic.twitter.com/jE2jv9vyLv
— Brent Sobleski (@brentsobleski) February 29, 2024
“I don’t believe in space,” said Owens, “I don’t think there’s like other planets and other stuff like that I don’t know.”
Owens further elaborated on what led to his disbelief.
“I used to believe in the heliocentric thing, like, we just revolve around the Sun and stuff, but then I started seeing like flat-earth stuff and was like, this is kind of interesting,’” Owens said. “Then they started bringing up valid points. So, I mean, it could be real, it could not be. You know what I’m saying?”
Owens made headlines at the combine for his performance as well as his space theories with a broad jump of 12 feet, 2 inches which was the second-best jump in the history of the NFL combine.
NFL.com gave Owens a 5.86 prospect grade which means it believes the Texas Tech product could be a capable backup or special teams player in the NFL.
