Vikings rookie cornerback Mekhi Blackmon can count on one hand the reasons he didn't quit on his dreams.
"Other than Davante Adams, Nahshon Wright and KeeSean Johnson," Blackmon said Friday after his first Vikings practice, "not really too many people made it out. Slowly but surely, more and more are coming."
Before arriving in Minnesota, Blackmon took one of the longest roads possible in football, one that began in south Bay Area communities in California that hang tightly to hope amid poverty and crime. He left home after high school without a scholarship and played on three college teams for five head coaches over six seasons.