The NFL has a problem drafting HBCU players

by Donal Ware boxtorow.com Some of the greatest football players to ever play in the National Football League played at HBCUs. HBCUs helped shape the National Football League. When Grambling’s Paul Tank Younger became the first player from an HBCU to play in the NFL in 1949, he unfortunately had to do it the way

Continue Reading →

BOXTOROW graphic

FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 4/10/21

Donal talks with Alabama A&M head football coach Connell Maynor and former North Carolina Central star and National Football League Draft hopeful Bryan Mills. Plus a preview of the BOXTOROW National Game of the Week and the highlighting of the player of the week. Click to download or listen to the podcast.

Langston coach Chris Wright

FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW w/ Donal Ware on ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM: 4/9/21

Donal talks with Alabama A&M head football coach Connell Maynor about the Bulldogs’ game against Jackson State and about his acting career. Also former North Carolina Central star and National Football League Draft hopeful Bryan Mills tallks about the possibility of being drafted and about his time at NCCU. Plus, the #ESTofWWE Bianca Belair interview.

Continue Reading →