Elliss, Jenkins, McCaffrey join Harrison and Alt in following their fathers into the NFL
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Marvin Harrison Jr., Joe Alt, Kris Jenkins, Jonah Ellis and Luke McCaffrey have turned the NFL draft into a family affair.
The sons of former pro football stars, they’ve followed their fathers’ formidable footsteps into the league.
Elliss was selected by the Denver Broncos in the third round Friday night. His father, Luther Ellis, was once the NFL’s highest-paid defensive tackle while playing for Detroit for nine seasons. He played one final season with Denver in 2004. In 2015, Luther served as team chaplain for the Broncos in their last Super Bowl season.
“Actually, I don’t remember too many of his highlights, but I do remember when we moved out to Colorado,” Jonah Elliss said. “I spent a year there. It was really awesome just to see my dad start to get back into football, even though he was just the chaplain at the time. So, it was awesome seeing him do that. And I’m really excited to come down there where he was.”
Related articles
Iran helicopter crash that killed President Raisi could reverberate across the Middle East
JERUSALEM (AP) — The helicopter crash in which Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreig2024-05-21Mali's historic city of Djenné mourns lack of visitors
DJENNE, Mali (AP) — Kola Bah used to earn a living as a tour guide in Mali’s historic city of Djenné2024-05-21Argentine president begins unusual visit to Spain, snubbing officials and courting the far
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Even before kicking off a three-day visit to Madrid on Friday, Argent2024-05-21Matt Waldron strikes out 10 as Padres silence Braves' bats in 3
ATLANTA (AP) — Matt Waldron struck out a career-high 10 and the San Diego Padres bounced back after2024-05-21I was 'brokefished' by my friend for £400
I need your help. My friend K has been recently telling our friendship group about how dire his fina2024-05-21Switzerland expects more Chinese tourists
Switzerland is preparing to welcome Chinese tourists as it expects tourist arrivals from China to in2024-05-21
atest comment