WICHITA — Scouts for the Green Bay Packers know a little something about looking at football players from the state of Kansas who once walked on in college.
Yes, Jordy Nelson immediately comes to mind.
Long before he was drafted out of Kansas State, however, the Packers welcomed a tight end who played for the Wildcats.
Like most free agents, Paul Coffman was not given much of a chance to make a living at Lambeau Field. Yet after 11 NFL seasons, he was enshrined on that sacred tundra into the Packers Hall of Fame. And on Sunday, Coffman will be one of 11 inductees to go into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame.