It has been 14 years since Daniel Graham played his last college football game at the University of Colorado but less than a month since he earned his degree.
When he left school after his senior season in 2001, he was the sixth unanimous All-American in school history, the John Mackey Award winner as the nation's best tight end, a key member of the Big 12 Conference championship team and on his way to being a first-round pick of the New England Patriots. The only thing missing was the ethnic studies degree he had spent all those hours working toward during his four years in Boulder.