Cameron Botticelli wasn’t offered a football scholarship when he arrived at the University of Minnesota. Isaac Fruechte started his collegiate career at Rochester Community and Technical College, and Derrick Wells missed time his junior year due to injury.
But even with the adversity the former Gophers had to face throughout their collegiate careers, all three accomplished their childhood dream of making it to the NFL — even if it wasn’t the way they hoped.
“You definitely dream of one day answering the phone and an NFL team that wants to draft you is on the other line,” Wells said.