Har a great official visit today at Hendrix College. Learning more about the program and culture today, made me even more excited about my opportunity to play as a Warrior!!! @AustinDobbs71 @RussHeidiSLC @CoachTorres40 @DonellSnow @Chance103116 @LShannon88975 @CoachLanceo @PrepRedzoneAR @ArSportsNet @AtkinsFootball

Had a great time at the @HendrixFootball visit yesterday got to see an amazing campus and the awesome new turf. Thanks for having me out @RussHeidiSLC !!! @AustinDobbs71 @CoachTorres40 @DaytonRawlings @DonellSnow

Let’s goooooo!!!!!💥💥💥💥💥

Thanks for another great write up from @LoganTillman..#RDP @AustinDobbs71 @DonellSnow @CoachTorres40 @CoachGaines_ @LShannon88975 @Chance103116 @CoachLanceo @PrepRedzoneAR @ARPrepSports @PlayerwireHQ @ArSportsNet @ArkansasGems

Honored to receive all conference for football and track. Great and fun junior year for both sports but can’t wait to show the work I’ve put in over the off season and put together a great senior year!!! @AustinDobbs71 @DonellSnow @DaytonRawlings @LShannon88975

Had a great showing today at the Lyon college camp!!! 40 time/ 4.9.. 5-10-5 /4.4 and broad jump stayed the same. Can’t wait to get the season up and running!!! @_Lyon_Football @CoachPaider @CoachLawhorn @Chance103116 @LShannon88975 @AustinDobbs71 @DonellSnow @CoachTorres40 @CoachLanceo

After conversation with Coach @RussHeidiSLC I am thankful to receive an offer from Hendrix college!! I couldn’t be more thankful for the opportunity to continue my football career at the next level... @AustinDobbs71 @DonellSnow @PrepRedzoneAR @ARPrepSports @Chance103116 @LShannon88975 @AtkinsFootball @CoachLanceo

Going from 215lbs-229lbs was hard on my 40 time, but with a little maintenance to the body,rest, and training I’m back at my 4.9/40 time..@AustinDobbs71 @DonellSnow @CoachGaines_ @CoachTorres40 @PrepRedzoneAR @SDSports @Revive_Perf @CoachLanceo

475 going up with ease…feeling Dangerous!!! @AustinDobbs71 @DonellSnow @COACHVLRN @CoachLanceo @CoachGaines_ @Chance103116 @LShannon88975

Terrible: People have been making fun of Texas A&M wide receiver KC Concepcion for the way he spoke while answering questions at the NFL combine. KC has a speech impediment and has been stuttering his whole life. Give him praise, not negativity ❤️👏

130 schools said no. He led the losingest program in college football history to a national championship anyway. Fernando Mendoza was a 2-star recruit from Miami. He tried to walk on at his hometown school. They passed. So did FIU. So did FAU. So did everyone else. At 17, he was sitting in his bedroom, crying over a silent recruiting inbox—after driving to 18 camps with his dad and sending highlights to more than 100 programs. Not one FBS offer. His only option? Yale. No scholarship. No NFL path. Everyone told him to be “realistic.” “Know your place.” “Be grateful.” He didn’t listen. Because Mendoza understood something most people miss: The worst outcome isn’t failing. It’s never getting the chance to try. Two weeks before signing day in 2022, his phone rang. Cal needed a body. One offer. Out of 134 schools. He took it. He arrived as the third-string quarterback. Spent a year on the scout team. Lost his first four starts. Got sacked 41 times behind a broken offensive line. Still got up. Every time. Then Cal brought in a transfer instead of building around him. So Mendoza left the only school that had ever said yes. He transferred to Indiana—the losingest program in college football history. People laughed. “Career suicide.” “Graveyard program.” “Nobody wins there.” One coach told him something different: “I’m going to make you the best Fernando Mendoza possible.” That was enough. Mendoza wasn’t just playing for football. His mother has battled multiple sclerosis for 18 years. Before every snap, he thought of her. “My mother is my why.” Indiana went 16–0. Beat six Top-10 teams. Won their first Big Ten title since 1945. Mendoza threw 41 touchdowns. Won the Heisman—first in school history. First Cuban-American to ever do it. Then came the title game. Miami. Near his hometown. Fourth-and-4. Season on the line. Quarterback draw. The kid 134 schools rejected spun through defenders and dove into the end zone. Game over. Indiana—national champions. The losingest program became the best team in America. All because a 17-year-old refused to believe “no” was the end. Rankings don’t decide your ceiling. Gatekeepers don’t write your ending. Being overlooked isn’t a verdict—it’s a starting point. Sometimes all you need is one shot… and the courage to bet on yourself when nobody else will. Don’t quit. Credit: Barclay Mullins

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Mike Vrabel on the most important thing he's learned about building a culture in the NFL. "I've learned that we can have different personalities. We can't have different mentalities." Strong cultures don’t ask people to be the same. They ask people to commit to the same standards and non-negotiables. 📹: Bussin' With the Boys

Harding's senior class leaves as one of the most successful in @Harding_FB history. Still, @PaulSimmonsHU says their legacy won't be determined for another decade, as this group becomes husbands and fathers. "If they fail in those areas, then this legacy doesn't mean anything."