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Interstate to the NFL: Toledo's Blue attempts improbable journey

Kurt Warner went from the supermarket to the Super Bowl (and, eventually, the Hall of Fame).

The Cleveland Browns literally signed Damon Sheehy-Guiseppi off the streets of Miami.

Could DeDarallo Blue go from an 18-wheeler to 18 tackles?

The former Toledo Rocket was in the midst of his pre-draft plan a year ago when the coronavirus pandemic upended the world. After he went undrafted and unsigned, Blue decided to take a one-year hiatus from football because of the uncertainty.

He enrolled in a three-week commercial driver’s license course and went on the road.

“[The coronavirus] scared everyone at first because this had never happened before,” Blue said.