Not a ton of football players who attend junior colleges (aka JUCOs) ever end up making it to the NFL. it requires a lot of perseverance to even find yourself in the position to get a tryout invitation by the time you’re done with school.
Fortunately for Pittsburgh Steelers rookie running back Alfonzo Graham, he has the model to follow in Jaylen Warren, a 2022 college free agent who got started at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah before moving on to Utah State and finally playing one season at Oklahoma State in 2021. Graham takes inspiration from the second-year back as he tries to replicate the formula in Pittsburgh this year.