Only three HBCU Fayetteville State alums have ever played in the NFL. And you have to go way back to find the first, and so far only, one to be drafted, Blenda Gay in 1973 and that was technically the supplemental draft, not the regular, common one.
Cornerback Joshua Williams is poised to break all those droughts this year. The first player from Fayetteville State to ever be invited to the Senior Bowl, he’s repping his uniform with pride.
“It feels great,” Williams said of being the first from his school. “A lot of these guys out here, they went to huge schools.