In 2013, Adam Shaheen graduated high school and left home for the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, arriving as a 6-foot-4, 195-pound freshman basketball player. Less than four years later, he stood on the podium at the NFL Scouting Combine after measuring in just shy of 6 feet, 6 inches and tipping the scales at an astounding 278 pounds.
Shaheen is picking up steam as a potential day-two pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, having transferred to Division II Ashland and playing three years of football there as a tight end. It is a rarity for smaller-school players to leave a year early as Shaheen did, especially since the Senior Bowl and other All-Star games give players with exhausted eligibility an added chance to shine.