Justin Herron didn’t play football until high school, and now he’s heading to the NFL.
The Patriots selected Herron, a 6-foot-4, 308-pound offensive lineman, in the sixth round, with the 195th overall pick of the 2020 NFL Draft.
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Herron’s father, Reggie, and uncles, Larry and Keith, all played basketball at Villanova, and now Herron has carved out his own legacy.
He set Wake Forest’s all-time record with 51 games played, even after tearing his ACL in Week 1 of the 2018 season. Herron, 24, came back for another year as a graduate student, and he was named a captain while earning third-team All-ACC honors.