Buffalo Bills incoming rookie quarterback Jake Fromm was in hot water back in early June after the former Georgia Bulldog gunslinger was caught sending some very charged and racist text messages to friends.
Fromm, then, apologized and, on Friday, during Buffalo's training camp again expressed regret for his behavior, calling them immature and not reflective of how he was raised.
“I made a mistake and I’m going to own up to it,” Fromm said, via Matthew Fairburn of The Athletic. “But that’s not indicative of who I am.”
“That’s not the way my parents raised me,” Fromm said. “That’s not the way I was raised. . . . My family has a super loving family. We had people all different kinds of backgrounds in and out of our house from day one growing up. I mean, that’s just something that just never happened was, you know, jokes like that were never said. I take responsibility for it, and I’m going to get better from it. And hopefully, you know, that people can look at me and hopefully, learn something from me.”
The Bills selected the former Georgia standout signal-caller in the fifth round (167th overall pick) of the 2020 NFL Draft as the SEC school's all-time second-place leader in touchdown passes slipped down draft boards.
Fromm joins a Buffalo squad with its starting quarterback role currently occupied by rising third-year passer Josh Allen, who led the Bills to a postseason berth in his sophomore campaign. Given his situation, it appears Fromm will gladly take the time to develop himself on and off the field as QB2 following shaky months in the wake of a racist scandal.
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