Daniel Hardy, who didn't start playing football until his junior year of high school at West High, was drafted today by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the seventh round of the NFL draft.
Hardy is a 6-foot-4, 250-pound tight end from Idaho. If he makes the team, he'll join three other Alaskans in the league.
Hardy took an unlikely route to the NFL. The Vandals were the only Division I team willing to let him try out for the team as a walk-on, so Hardy enrolled there without even visiting the campus. He earned a scholarship after his redshirt freshman season and wrapped up his career at Idaho as a semifinalist for the Mackey Award, given to college football's most outstanding tight end.
Hardy, 23, had 32 catches for Idaho last season despite missing the last five games with a broken arm. He was Tampa Bay's final draft selection and the 238th pick overall.
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