2013 NFL Draft: Division-II Star Jordan Roberts Runs Down NFL Dream

April 20, 2013   ·   Joshua Gleason   ·   Jump to comments

No matter where you play, if you have the talent, somebody will find you.
That is the motto of nearly every small-school football player seeking to become an NFL player and it applies to Charleston running back Jordan Roberts.
Roberts isn’t only trying to defeat the odds of finding NFL success as a Division II player, but also hails from a state that only has two active NFLers.
The school of Charleston has also only produced seven NFL players, with only two of them actually being drafted and neither of them higher than the 12th round. Roberts would also be the first Golden Eagle to don an NFL jersey in nearly half a century.
“It means a lot to represent West Virginia,” said Roberts, who grew up in Madison, West Virginia and attended Scott High School, which is only 30 minutes away from his home. “There (aren’t) a whole lot of NFL guys from West Virginia. It would be a great opportunity to represent the state.”
Roberts wasn't ...

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