Desherrius Flowers still dreams about playing in the NFL, despite his football career taking an unexpected detour.
Just three years ago, Flowers ranked among the state's elite football prospects while at Vigor High near Mobile and enrolled early at Alabama in the same class with defensive tackle Da'Ron Payne, a first-round pick in last week's NFL draft.
Flowers, though, sits a long way from professional football, having spent spring practice fighting for playing time at Grambling State (La.), a Football Championship Subdivision program.
Does he still think he can get to the NFL?