At Folsom High School just outside of Sacramento, California, Josiah Deguara’s teammates called him “push-to-start.”
The nickname didn’t catch on because of the Green Bay Packers’ 2020 third-round pick’s ability to instantly separate at the top of his routes as a receiver. It had nothing to do with his speed off the ball when winning leverage battles as a blocker despite measuring 6-foot-2 and 190 pounds.
He earned it on the rare occasions when he was the one tossing the football.
“He would be our trick play person to throw the ball,” former Folsom quarterback and current Minnesota Vikings backup Jake Browning said. “He always said he didn't need to warm up. He was like a Prius. You just push-to-start and he could throw the ball.”
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