“My style is going to be intelligent,” offensive lineman Kyle Hergel told the Saints News Network in his introductory interview. I’m going to play football intelligently. I’m going to prepare the right way. And I think that either pass or run, whatever we have to do and whatever we have to execute is going to be what I’m going to be able to do best at.”

Most NFL offensive linemen pride themselves on their IQ. Hergel obtained his graduate degree pretty quickly from Boston College. “Being a BC guy, you know, a lot of the time, school is overlooked and also, you know, football alongside of that. I had the privilege to receive my master’s degree in less than a year at Boston College. I was super excited to do that. It’s something that’s going to carry a long way without even football.”

Despite being selected third overall in the 2024 CFL Draft, the undrafted free agent aims to prove himself in the National Football League with the New Orleans Saints. In our conversation with Hergel, the affable swing lineman was less menacing than his Boston College profile photo presents.