When the phone call came that would inform running back Elijah Hood he was headed back across the country to his hometown team, the former UNC and Charlotte Catholic star missed it.
He was napping.
Catching up on some sleep following the Oakland Raiders’ rookie minicamp, Hood woke up mid-afternoon Tuesday to “a thousand messages and missed calls” on his cell.
So Hood did what any millennial would do under those circumstances: He checked Twitter.
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