LEXINGTON — You see his hometown on the roster and you hear Ramon Jefferson’s thick Bronx accent and your mind goes to basketball.
With his big-city Bravado, the Kentucky running back sounds like so many of those hard-nosed New York City point guards whose voices you’ve heard.
“Yeah, yeah,” Jefferson said, smiling like he’s heard this before. “I can play a little ball. I got a little jump shot, a little crossover move.”
That’s the sport his hometown is known for.
But for Jefferson, the Bronx was the launching bad for a pigskin ascent that’s taken him to FCS programs at Maine and Sam Houston state, with a stop at Garden City Community College in between.