Meet The Rookies: Season 1

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Meet The Colts Rookies: 2021 Draft

 

Round 1: S Terrelle Dunn, Ohio State
Terrelle was born in Canton, Ohio and growing up near the Pro Football Hall of Fame he always dreamt of one day being immortalized in the great hall himself one day. That motivation was telling on the football field where he starred at WR and Safety in highschool, he passed up on a WR scholarship at Alabama to play Safety at his home state OSU. At Ohio State he garnered national attention when he picked off 3 passes against Purdue, that game helped him make it to the College Football awards his Junior year where he was the runner up for the Jim Thorpe Award to the winner, Rams 1st round pick Jalen Daniels.

 

Round 2: DE Erick Melvin, Kansas

Erick was born in a small town in Nebraska named Fairfield. His mother died tragically in a car accident when Erick was very young so he doesn't remember here much. This left his dad who is a farmer to raise Erick himself, growing up on a farm taught Erick toughness and perseverance which showed huge on the football field as he dominated in highschool. Unfortunately playing at a small highschool didn’t get him any D1 offers, so he elected to enroll at a Junior college, Mid Plains Junior College in North Platte, Nebraska. His play there got the attention of the University of Kansas who offered him a spot on the team. At Kansas he played great, most notably in the Alamo Bowl where he sacked Texas A&M QB and Seahawks draft pick Matthias Branch 3 times, including a sack on 4th down to seal the game for Kansas.

 

Round 3: S Chuck Boston, Bethune-Cookman

Chuck was born in poverty in Jacksonville, Florida where he was exposed to racism at a young age, he witnessed his dad get jumped by a group of guys when he was just 6 years old. He channeled his anger and took it out on offensive players on the football field, he set the state record for forced fumbles his senior year which made him a perfect fit for the University of Miami. In one of the most surprising events, he chose to play at HBCU Bethune-Cookman instead of the expected Miami. When asked why he said, “I want to show the people back home that you can be black and excellent, so I want to give to a college that has protruded black excellence for decades”. As expected he dominated at Beth Cookman leading the team in tackles and forced fumbles his senior year, helping them win the Celebration Bowl against Gambling State.  

 

WR Kurt Calhoun, Penn State

Kurt was born in Anchorage, Alaska where he played basketball and football in highschool. Seeing his talent, his parents decided to move to Washington DC, where he finished his Junior and Senior year playing QB, where he played good but not great. His only D1 offer was Florida Atlantic, but he decided to walk on to Penn State where he was the backup to Bills QB Austin Peerman. Senior year he made the big decision to move over to WR which turned out to be career saving as he was Peerman’s favorite target, racking up 1,200 yards and 12 TDs. In