72 DAYS TO KICKOFF: Kaleb Drinkgern
by BracketCat on Jun 23, 2011 12:00 AM CDT
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#72 Kaleb Drinkgern |
Position: Offensive Line Previous College: None Projection: Third-String Status: On Scholarship |
Kaleb Henry Drinkgern (b. Jan. 12, 1989) never has gained much traction as an offensive lineman at K-State.
He was an unheralded grayshirt who was called up early by Ron Prince once the attrition issues that would become endemic during that man's reign started to appear.
Though much less hyped than Clyde Aufner, who ended up redshirting that season due to injury, Drinkgern started tongues wagging when he went to Auburn with the travel squad, implying a redshirt was far from a certainty for him.
He did end up redshirting, though, and that was the last time most people discussed him with any expectations. He played in two games as a reserve tackle in both 2008 and 2009, but saw very little playing time last year.
Now a fifth-year senior, Drinkgern shows few signs of breaking into the main rotation. He's behind Aufner and Zach Hanson at right tackle, and perhaps Ethan Douglas, as well. All three started at least one game there in 2010.
Frankly, I'm a little surprised Drinkgern hasn't transferred to a smaller school to seek more playing time, but maybe having no redshirt year played into that. Thus, he's one of the last holdovers from the Prince era left on the roster.
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Sorry Kaleb, but I hope we never see you on the field this year.
"If you don't want to work, become a reporter. That awful power, the public opinion of the nation, was created by a horde of self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditch digging and shoemaking and fetched up journalism on their way to the poorhouse." - Mark Twain
If you're from Breman, KS
You probably have a bigger picture outlook on why you’re at KSU playing football. It’s likely that football isn’t the reason he’s at KSU but the scholarship may well be the reason he’s hanging on, doing the best he can, and fulfilling a role (albeit small) on the practice field. He may well have a head on his shoulders which is something many of the starters may not be able to say.
If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.
by ArkieCat on Jun 23, 2011 4:13 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Well said
And to be able to tell your kids you were on a D1 football squad (to whatever degree, except as like a student manager) is still something to be proud of and more than I can say. And if you’re getting your school paid for, why not? You really hope for Rudy Rudiger moments for these guys.
"Nor yet in Dell?"
Except without the whole actually being a prick thing
"If you don't want to work, become a reporter. That awful power, the public opinion of the nation, was created by a horde of self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditch digging and shoemaking and fetched up journalism on their way to the poorhouse." - Mark Twain
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