You know how they say people wear their hearts on their sleeves? Rolando Jefferson wears his on his feet.
His first year playing college football is in Visalia, at College of the Sequoias, but he doesn't want his career to end there.
"I'm a Duck," he says. "I'm a Duck before a Duck. I'm a Duck, I'm gonna be a Duck. That's my goal, is to be a Duck."
Had Jefferson's grades been better, he could have been a Duck already. He was a five-star recruit coming out of Edison High School in 2009.
But he was academically ineligible to sign with Oregon.
"I'm gonna have to really work. I'm gonna have to really work," says Jefferson. "I'm not there yet, I'm not gonna lie, but I'm gonna have to work."
"Rolando is a great kid and a hard worker and I think that with his ability, the sky's the limit with him," says first-year COS coach Robert Dougherty. "It just depends on how focused he is, which he is now. I think he's gonna have a big year."
Jefferson needs that, along with his AA degree. Then, he can start working on his Bachelor's while being reunited with one of his former teammates.
"I always liked Oregon, ever since I was coming up," adds Jefferson. "And my brother, Cliff Harris, goes there and he didn't even want to go there; I made him go there. So it's like, I'm just gonna follow his footsteps and keep it going."
