Andrew Hawkins had a long and winding road to get to the NFL.
Hawkins,
a 5-foot-7 slot receiver, went undrafted out of Toledo in 2008. He
tried out for the Browns in training camp, didn't make the team and
wound up sitting out the 2008 season. Hawkins came back to football the
following year, only he did so with the Montreal Alouettes of the
Canadian Football League. While under contract, he competed in Michael
Irvin's reality show "Fourth and Long" in an attempt to win a roster
spot with the Dallas Cowboys. He finished as the runner-up and
ultimately spent two years with the Alouttes.
In early 2011, Hawkins finally made his way back to the NFL.
He signed a contract with the then-St. Louis Rams in January and worked
with the team through the offseason program. Early in training camp,
though, Hawkins was cut. That same day, the Bengals claimed him off
waivers, and Hawkins has stuck in the league ever since.
Given
his circuitous path, one might think that the NFL was the only thing
ever on Hawkins' mind once he made it to the league. But that's not
true. Hawkins made time in his schedule to go to graduate school at
Columbia University, where he has now earned a master's degree in sports
management.
He graduated Monday with a 4.0 GPA.
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