UA kicker Steve McLaughlin and holder Ryan Hesson watch the ball sail through the uprights during the Arizona State vs. Arizona football game on Nov. 25, 1994. Photo by Rick Wiley / Tucson Citizen

T. Steve McLaughlin, third round, 1995, UA/Sahuaroย 

You could often find the 1994 Lou Groza Award winner practicing alone at LaCima Middle School before the โ€™95 draft. He earned a $300,000 signing bonus. McLaughlin spent one full year with the Rams and five more in the Arena Football League.

Life after football: He is a singer, songwriter and music producer who has lived in Atlanta and Nashville.ย 


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