For WKU sports fans, the name George Fant should ring a bell.
The former Hilltopper basketball great ranks 13th in career scoring and eighth in rebounds. He also used his fifth and final year of eligibility to play football at WKU, putting on the pads for the first time since eighth grade.
Fant played with the Tops as a tight end. He saw the field sparingly, but Fant was able to make an impression on NFL scouts at the Hilltoppers’ pro day last year with his size and intangibles. He wound up with Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent.