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Andrew Quarless already feels like he got a second chance at a football career, and he plans to make the Green Bay Packers the beneficiary of that.
The athletic pass-catcher from Penn State ended up setting school records for the most receptions by a tight end in one season, with 41 his senior year in 2009, and in a career, with 87 overall. That production prompted the Packers to select him in the fifth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday, the 154th overall pick.
But he was nearly kicked off the team by legendary coach Joe Paterno long before setting those records, with two years remaining in his college career. Prior to the 2008 season, Quarless was involved in a second underage drinking incident, this one including a DUI charge.
He literally had to plead with Paterno to keep his scholarship, having already been given a reprieve after an underage-drinking incident as a freshman, and he vowed to stay sober, a pledge he has kept since that night in 2008. He c..
Source: Packers.com
