my first college was Mount Union College. Their QB in the early 1990's through about 95 or 96 was Jim Ballard. He set all kinds of D-III records and whatnot... Then he made the Buffalo Bills... In Alliance, OH it was huge news, but the reality was that he was camp fodder for a few years. I believe the extent of his playing time was mop up duty in a couple pre season games. Anyhow, one night, late late at night, we were at the taco bell across the street from the dorm. I had my old bills sweatshirt on and some dude walks up to me, shakes my hand and says he's Jim Ballard and he was in training camp for the bills. We did small talk for a bit and that was that. My brush with "greatness".