“As soon as I got my diploma, I was ready to fly as soon as they handed it to me,” said Ross, who earned his degree in American Ethnic Studies. “I was excited to get started.”
Except for rookie camp May 6-8, Ross was not allowed to be around the Bengals facility until after his class graduated due to an NFL rule.
“You look at the playbook all day and study and there was nothing else you want to do than be around football, but you can’t be around your team,” Ross said. “I was still working out at my college, but those guys were busy doing team stuff and I can’t join them. It was definitely frustrating.”
Ross won’t be participating in minicamp as he continues to recover from labrum surgery in March, but he said he’s on track to be ready for training camp.
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