Another common trend between these draftees is leadership. Stukes and Zuhn were both multi-time team captains for their respective programs.
Echoing his sentiment from drafting Fernando Mendoza with the No. 1 overall pick, Spytek said character traits are just as quintessential as the athletic traits on the field.
“[S]ince the day I got here, and really Starky too, we’ve just tried to load this roster up with guys that love it,” Spytek said, “that have leadership traits, that are great teammates, that will do the right thing, that will do the extra thing, and I think we all really felt like the four guys that we have so far in the 2026 Draft, they fill those buckets up pretty well.”
