Joe Webb didn’t see No. 40 in green. Or if the Houston Texans third-string quarterback saw the linebacker lurking, he overlooked him. Webb tried to lob a pass over the top, but that linebacker — sporting a number usually reserved for future castoffs — leapt into the air and tipped the ball away.
That’s the story of Curtis Bolton’s football journey to this point. Bolton has gone from a lightly recruited high school player to Oklahoma’s special teams maven who earned his way onto the field in the Big 12 to an undrafted free agent now staring a starting linebacker job with the Packers squarely in the eyes.