MONROE, La. – Former ULM All-American Joe Profit, who became the first 1,000-yard rushing in school history in 1969, has been selected as the keynote speaker for The Pursuit, scheduled for Monday, Aug. 19 from 6-9 p.m. at the Bayou Pointe Student Event Center.
The Pursuit, the University's premier kickoff event for the upcoming football season as well as the 2019-20 academic year, is sponsored by Bancorp South.
A graduate of Richwood High School in Monroe, Profit was a trailblazer in 1967, becoming the first black to play football at a predominantly white Louisiana college as well as the first black football player to compete in the Gulf States Conference.