The Google map of a man starts mid-bicep on the right arm and winds gently north, by means of a family tree whose branches stretch and crackle like black lightning to the cusp of the shoulder. Some football players wear their hearts on their sleeves. Dalton Risner wears his soul.
“I make sure I get meaningful tattoos,” explains Risner, the Wiggins native, former Kansas State All-American offensive lineman and likely the first Colorado native to get plucked in the NFL Draft later this month. “They’re going to be tattoos I still love when I’m 80.