When Jimmy Graham was still a college basketball player at Miami, he got some sound career advice from people with backgrounds as divergent as university President Donna Shalala and former star quarterback Bernie Kosar.
Shalala, who attends Miami sporting events and gets to know the athletes, repeatedly urged Graham to try playing for the Hurricanes’ football team.
“I guess I was fouling so much,” Graham, a former power forward known mostly for defense and rebounding, recalled with a grin.
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