ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- Chase Vaughn's journey to the NFL took him through two small Colorado colleges and four professional football leagues before he called in sick from his hospital job to covertly try out for the Denver Broncos.
When he was offered an invitation to training camp last year, he had to quit his day job at National Jewish Health and 'fess up to his fib: He wasn't really stricken with the stomach flu; he just couldn't seem to shake this football bug.
It had such a hold on him that he'd played in the United Football League, the Indoor Football League, the Canadian Football League and the Arena Football League since graduating from Colorado State-Pueblo in 2009.