College Career
He is a graduate of Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina. The university's annual award given to the school's most outstanding student-athlete is named after him.
He was going to enlist in the Air Force until he received a football scholarship by then coach Eddie McGirt, sight unseen, without ever having seen him play.
Through hard work and discipline he became an all-conference tight end.
In 1977, he was inducted into the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Hall of Fame.
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