If you’d told Isaiah McDuffie years ago that he would be at the doorstep of an NFL career, he would believe you.
The former Bennett football standout and Olmsted graduate took the next step in his football journey Saturday afternoon.
“This was always my dream,” McDuffie said on a Packers conference call, after he was drafted.
McDuffie spent the day with his family at his home in North Buffalo, including his father, Steve, who is the football coach at Bennett.
Jody Fortson, a 2013 South Park graduate who initially went on to Erie Community College, signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent out of Valdosta State in 2019.
His sister, Gabby, averaged 18.1 points and 11.4 rebounds as a freshman guard with the Niagara County Community College women’s basketball team, and his cousin, Dylan, is a running back at UB.
He kind of set the tone with me, and at the end of the day, I wouldn’t be here without him.
But at the next level, I’m here to do whatever the team asks me to, if that’s special teams, contributing on defense.
Dillon, a running back, was in the same recruiting class as McDuffie at Boston College, and enters his second season with the Packers.