Wally Triplett, one of the first African-American men to be drafted and play for an NFL team as well as the first African-American starter at Penn State, died Thursday at age 92.
Triplett was taken in the 19th round of the 1949 draft by the Detroit Lions as a running back and returner -- one of three black players to be taken in that year's NFL draft. Of those three, he was the first to appear in a game.
In a 2015 story on MLive.com, Triplett described what it was like watching the NFL draft now and how it compares to the year he was drafted.