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The Tulane player who turned down the NFL draft
Posted on 4/9/24 at 9:50 pm
Posted on 4/9/24 at 9:50 pm
Tulane QB Roch Hontas
This popped up on my YT feed. Nice story about a Tulane player who turned down the 1979 NFL draft to go to medical school. Has now been practicing medicine for 40 years and is a surgeon in Covington.
Any old timers on here remember when he was playing for the Green Wave? Kinda like a real life Louisiana Moonlight Graham. Good story.
This popped up on my YT feed. Nice story about a Tulane player who turned down the 1979 NFL draft to go to medical school. Has now been practicing medicine for 40 years and is a surgeon in Covington.
Any old timers on here remember when he was playing for the Green Wave? Kinda like a real life Louisiana Moonlight Graham. Good story.
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Posted on 4/9/24 at 9:51 pm to SoFla Tideroller
He operated on my dad
Posted on 4/9/24 at 10:05 pm to SoFla Tideroller
NFL wasn't great then. He made the right call.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 10:05 pm to Oilfieldbiology
That's a legit CSB
Posted on 4/9/24 at 10:08 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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Tulane QB Roch Hontas
Never heard of him. I do know of his daughter Poca. She was on a stamp one time, I think.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 10:14 pm to SoFla Tideroller
I was a kid and we had season tickets when he played.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 10:14 pm to SoFla Tideroller
That is a name that I haven't heard in a long time. Those days, quarterbacks made good money in the NFL, but not crazy life changing money. Good for him.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 10:26 pm to SoFla Tideroller
Was my uncle qb when he played at Tulane.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 10:33 pm to SoFla Tideroller
Reminds me of Myron Rolle. 5-star DB turned neurosurgeon.
From NFL Superstar to Neurosurgeon: Dr. Myron Rolle Believes Small Steps Make for Big Gains
From NFL Superstar to Neurosurgeon: Dr. Myron Rolle Believes Small Steps Make for Big Gains
Posted on 4/9/24 at 10:44 pm to SoFla Tideroller
Destroyed LSU 48-7 in 1981.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 10:49 pm to dukke v
I wonder if any other Tulane players in '79 played in the NFL.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 10:59 pm to dukke v
Led Tulane to 24-13 win over LSU in 1979. Mike McKay was the Tulane qb in 1981.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:19 pm to dukke v
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Destroyed LSU 48-7 in 1981.
He was in med school in 1981
His last year of CFB was in 1979
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:24 pm to Dr Rosenrosen
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Led Tulane to 24-13 win over LSU in 1979. Mike McKay was the Tulane qb in 1981.
Not Vince Manalla?
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:26 pm to WPBTiger
Did they play in the Dome in the late 70s?
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:27 pm to AUCE05
quote:Wasn't much later that Nacho Albergamo did the same thing at LSU.
NFL wasn't great then. He made the right call.
As I recall, he was a 1st Team All-American at center, and decided to go to med school instead of the draft.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:36 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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I wonder if any other Tulane players in '79 played in the NFL.
Yes
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:38 pm to SirWinston
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Did they play in the Dome in the late 70s?
Fun fact: the last game ever at old Tulane Stadium was Chalmette beating Jesuit
Posted on 4/10/24 at 12:09 am to SirWinston
Tulane began playing in the Superdome in 1975
Posted on 4/10/24 at 8:03 am to SoFla Tideroller
Mama was right.
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