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Jeff Driskel takes long route to being the Lions' starting QB

ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Daniel Vogelbach sat in the stands of The Swamp when he watched it all start to fall apart. He had driven to Gainesville so he could watch his best friend, Jeff Driskel, play quarterback at the University of Florida.

Driskel had won the starting job and felt good about where the 2013 season might go. Then, after throwing an interception, he was dragged down -- and his right fibula broke.

Season over. Everything else in doubt.

With his season as a minor league baseball player over, this was Vogelbach's chance to be of assistance.