But this Sunday night it will all be worth it as the 11th-year offensive tackle will play in football’s biggest game, Super Bowl XLVII.
\”It was a long journey,\” he said of finally making it to the Super Bowl. \”I was just patient and waited my turn, and I finally got my turn.\”
Originally a defensive tackle, McKinnie started his college career at Lackawanna Junior College (Scranton, Pa.). After only starting to play organized football as a junior in high school, McKinnie put on extra weight while in Scranton and made the transition to the offensive line — and his career took off.
He played in the junior college all-star bowl game as a freshman and went on to be named an All-American. He transferred to the University of Miami in 1999, and after redshirting for a year, he went on to be an All-American the next two seasons and won the Jim Parker Award (best college offensive lineman) and Outland Trophy (best interior lineman) in 2001.
via www.nj.com
By Wes Szafran/South Jersey Times
on February 01, 2013 at 7:00 AM
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