It was no secret to former Akron pass rusher Shawn Lemon that he would be facing long odds to make an NFL roster at the age of 27—the age he will be when the regular season starts—five years removed from the conclusion of his college career.
Lemon finished off his playing days with the Zips capping off a senior campaign that featured seven of his career 11 sacks, and four of his five fumble recoveries, but it wasn’t enough for the NFL big wigs to come sniffing around for him, so instead he set his sights north, spending the next four years trying to make it in the Canadian Football League, with a brief detour in the Arena League.