Football players often throw around the term “family” to describe the bond on the team, but as they go different ways, it can naturally wane. Playing on opposite sides of the country the last two falls, Jay Ajayi and Jeremy McNichols stayed close as ever.
Ajayi, who rushed for 1,272 yards in the regular season with the Miami Dolphins, was invited by McNichols to watch the NFL Draft with him this week as he awaits to hear his name called.
“It was an honor to know he wanted me to be there, I wanted to go anyway,” Ajayi said.