But we really need you as a defensive back. We could use you on the defensive line.
Some players willingly make the switch.
Others reluctantly surrender their attachment to one of football's glamour positions for one that frequently winds up outside the spotlight. Call it a reward or call it a challenge, but that's exactly what happened to Adam Golla as he prepared for his junior season as a backup center at Harvard in 1994. A player who knew no other offensive position than center in his 11-year football career found himself adjusting to a position where he had to learn some of football's basic skills. With Golla, it was exactly the reverse. Here was a fine blocker who had to learn how to catch a football.