In Disney’s animated film “Aladdin,” the title character is referred to as a ‘diamond in the rough.’
A “diamond in the rough” is defined as someone who has special qualities but is lost among some mitigating circumstances.
If you’ve seen the movie, you know that’s Aladdin. The phrase can also be applied to Green Bay Packers cornerback Rasul Douglas.
When general manager Brian Gutekunst plucked Douglas off the Arizona Cardinals’ practice squad, not many outside of the organization had heard of him. After all, the Packers were his fourth team in 2021 and his sixth team overall since entering the league as a third-round pick of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2017.