Doug Williams Shares The Virtues Of Attending HBCU's

Last month, Doug Williams was the first former NFL player introduced during a Super Bowl pregame ceremony honoring some of the best players to attend historically black colleges and universities.Currently serving as a personnel executive for the Redskins, the former Super Bowl MVP owes much of his successful career to a decision he made – or rather, one his mom made – after he graduated high school: attending Grambling State University.

Featured in a profile written by NFL Player Engagement, Williams explained how in the early 1970s, not many major universities had black quarterbacks, especially in the south. Grambling State’s legendary head coach Eddie Robinson offered Williams a spot on…