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NFL player John Kuhn jerseys sale
(By Yomi [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] )
John Kuhn [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], right, works out at Leader Health & Fitness in 2005. Kuhn is a Dover High and Shippensburg graduate. After a stint with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the back now plays for the Green Bay Packers. Background posts on other Dover achievers: Wiest's first store: 'Segars' 5 cents a grab and Olympic gold medalist Scott Strausbaugh another Dover product. Kuhn gave the Chubb family -- who were all decked out in their No. 30 Kuhn jerseys and took pictures with their friend after the game -- a trip they won't forget [link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
But the story of what led the family to Atlanta is one to treasure.
Kuhn kept asking Chubb when he was going to come to an NFL game of his. With tickets extremely hard to come by for Green Bay home games and with Chubb having no intention of asking Kuhn for any favors, his daughter took action during the 2009-10 season.
"I spoke with a few other NFL teams [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Kuhn said, "but at the time, the Arena League seemed like the best option for me."
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Then,on Dec. 2, the call came [link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
Just three hours before his flight was to depart for the West Coast, Kuhn and his agent,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Kip Washington, received a phone call from the Steelers. Later that day, Kuhn was added to Pittsburgh's practice squad.
"It was God's will [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Washington said later.
"It was a hectic three months," Kuhn said. "I mean, it was a roller-coaster ride. Within 90 days, I had been released by the Steelers, signed a contract with San Jose, and now suddenly I'm back in Pittsburgh."
Three days later, the Sabercats placed Kuhn on their "Other League Exempt" list.
"The Arena League is a cousin of the NFL," Kuhn said, "and they have an exemption for the higher league, so there was nothing keeping me from going back to the Steelers [link widoczny dla zalogowanych],."
"My oldest daughter Megan wrote Kuhn a letter saying my dad is too proud to ask for tickets, so I'm asking," Chubb said. "So I got tickets to a game because of Megan."
"But, my daughter had already made commitments for the weekend we got the tickets for. I told her 'You made plans with your friends, so you're keeping them.'
"I promised to take her to another game, and then I kept my word, because she wanted to go to this (the Atlanta) game [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]."
The game Chubb saw in 2009 was a memorable one: Longtime Packers quarterback Brett Favre returned to Lambeau Field for the first time as a member of the Minnesota Vikings.
"It meant a lot that he gave me tickets to that game," Chubb said. "It was unbelievable."
(By Yomi [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] )
Kuhn made it to the Super Bowl as part of the Steelers practice squad in 2006. He was the second York countian to play as a back for the Steelers in recent years following Eastern York High School grad Jon Witman... .
"It's the Super Bowl. It's everyone's dream," he said before that game. "And I like to believe that I helped (the Steelers) to be a part of all this."
Kuhn now plays for the Green Bay Packers, a Super Bowl [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] contender this year.
A York Daily Record/Sunday News story about the Dover Area High School grad assessing the upcoming 2006 Super Bowl follows:
The early stages of John Kuhn's NFL career have all the makings of a classic underdog story.
Now all we have to do is wait for the fairy-tale ending.
Kuhn, a running back on the Pittsburgh Steelers practice squad, and his teammates will touch down Monday in Detroit, where the team will get ready for next Sunday's matchup against the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XL.
All in all, not a bad gig for a young man who is just 14 months removed from the campus of Shippensburg University.
"You know, sometimes I stop, look around and I wonder, 'How did I get here?'" Kuhn said
Kuhn's [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] path to the Super Bowl began at Dover Area High School, then proceeded west to Shippensburg, where the fullback excelled on the field and in the classroom. He finished his collegiate career with 4,685 yards rushing and 53 touchdowns, both school records, and graduated with a 3.3 grade-point average in chemistry.
Kuhn went undrafted in the NFL draft, but on April 25, he signed with the Steelers as a free agent.
He survived on [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] the roster until the final cut. Released by Pittsburgh Sept. 3, he agreed to a three-year deal with the San Jose Sabercats of the Arena Football League.
Practice squads are limited to eight players per NFL team. The practice squads have two primary objectives -- to provide depth to help the team weather injuries, and to get developmental time for unproven players with potential.
"This has been a great experience," Kuhn said. "And at the same time, (it) provides me with a golden opportunity. It gives me a chance to show what I can do on a daily basis, and that I can take the wear and tear of a season. And,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], most importantly, it gives me an opportunity to help my team win.
"It definitely is a building block for the future,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]."
(By Yomi [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] )
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