Army Orders Caleb Campbell Back to Duty
July 23, 2008 by David Kindervater
Filed under Detroit Lions
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I guess maybe the Detroit Lions knew it was a gamble to select Army football player Caleb Campbell in the 7th round of this past April’s NFL Draft. But at the time, Department of Defense policy allowed West Point grads to avoid active military service if they had the ability to become professional athletes. Which, obviously, Caleb did. (Check out my interview with Caleb.) Well, on this eve of Lions training camp, the DOD has now changed that policy and Caleb has been ordered to give up football for “full-time traditional military duties.” …read more
EMQB Interview: Caleb Campbell
April 29, 2008 by David Kindervater
Filed under Detroit Lions, Interviews, NFL Draft
Photo courtesy U.S. Military Academy
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When Army safety Caleb Campbell was drafted by the Detroit Lions with the 218th pick in the seventh-round of the 2008 NFL Draft, he had played his way out of deployment to Kuwait or Iraq and into the National Football League. If he makes the team, that is.
“If football wasn’t going to happen, I branched as an air defense artilleryman, and that’s what I would go into as an officer. I would be a platoon leader in charge of about 32 soldiers. A lot of ADA guys right …read more
