Syracuse, N.Y. — Jake Moreland thought he was done with football 14 years ago.
After carving up the record books as a tight end at Western Michigan, the versatile receiving threat caught just three passes over two years in the NFL and had just returned from a failed attempt to revive his career in NFL Europe.
Moreland was starting to cut his teeth in the insurance business, attempting to learn sales techniques, when he received a call from his old quarterback at WMU — Tim Lester.
Lester, in his second year as offensive coordinator at Division III Elmhurst (Ill.