BOXTOROW Goes One-on-One: Connell Maynor

Alabama A&M head football coach Connell Maynor’s legendary status as a player in HBCU football is already cemented. He led both Winston-Salem State and North Carolina A&T to respective conference championships. As a head coach, he is building his legacy, having led Winston-Salem State to back-to-back BOXTOROW HBCU national championships in 2011 and 2012, and

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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

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4/29/21 HBCU Football Daily Podcast: A conversation with Bethune-Cookman’s Jimmie Robinson

2020 was frustraiting for Bethune-Cookman wide receiver/return specialist Jimmie Robinson. Coming off a productive career for the Wildcats, Robinson was preparing to play in the National Football League when COVID-19 shut everything down. He had to wait a whole year for his opportunity. When given that opportunity at the HBCU Combine in March he made

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