CINCINNATI -- There's a reason linebacker Demetrius Knight Jr. was in tears when he got the call from the Cincinnati Bengals on Friday night.
Back when Knight was playing college football for the Charlotte 49ers, he worked as a food delivery worker to provide extra money for his wife and daughter.
Those days are behind him.
Knight, now a father of two, was drafted by Cincinnati in the second round. He reflected on that part of his journey when the pick was official.
"Part of that emotion from last night (was) where we won't have to do that anymore," Knight told local reporters in Cincinnati on Saturday.