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Folkerts' football odyssey: From Hazelwood Central to Washburn U. to NFL, Arena league and XFL's BattleHawks

Brian Folkerts has made a career out of beating the odds.

A two-way starter at Hazelwood Central High, Folkerts wasn’t quite big enough to land a Division I opportunity coming out of high school and ended up with a scholarship to Division II Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas.

“It definitely left me with a chip on my shoulder,” Folkerts recalled.

He excelled with the Ichabods, earning all-league honors at left tackle following his junior and senior seasons and earning second-team All-America honors to finish out his college career. Despite his college success, Folkerts went undrafted by the NFL in 2012.