TAMPA — Long before he made the leap from tiny Heidelberg University to the Bucs' 53-man roster, there was a time when even Division III college football seemed like a long shot for Donteea Dye.
On Oct. 8, 2010 — five years ago, nearly to the day — midway through his senior year of high school in Ohio, he suffered a knee injury serious enough he not only dislocated his knee, but tore his ACL, MCL and meniscus. After the injury, his only offers were two in-state Division III schools he'd never heard of: Marietta College and Heidelberg.