Rookie hazing is a much kinder, gentler rite of passage for today’s NFL players than Vikings quarterback Shaun Hill recalls from his rookie season back in 2002.
“I’m in my dorm room at Gage Hall in Mankato,” Hill said. “It’s the middle of the night and my door busts open.”
Veteran defensive back-turned-bad-barber Tyrone Carter charged in.
“A veteran would set you down in a chair and cut your hair any way they wanted to,” Hill said. “Then they’d throw gobs of petroleum jelly all over you so that the hair would stick to you. And while you were trying to get it off, they doused your bed with Gatorade.