Jalen Robinette
Minnesota Vikings rookie Austin Cutting talks with reporters after rookie minicamp workouts began at the NFL football team's complex Friday, May 3, 2019, in Eagan, Minn. Cutting became the first Air Force player drafted in 20 years, when the Vikings took the long snapper in the seventh round. Pursuing a pro football career isn't so simple, though, with required military service to be sorted out first for Cutting. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Vikings rookie long snapper has Air Force duty to fulfill

By Dave Campbell May. 03, 2019 06:05 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2017, file photo, Air Force wide receiver Jalen Robinette takes part in a drill to prepare for the NFL Combine at a workout facility in Centennial, Colo. Two years after the U.S. Defense Department thwarted his plans of going straight from the Air Force Academy to the NFL, Robinette is determined to turn that detour into a dream delayed as he approaches the fulfillment of his two-year commitment of active duty. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Former Air Force receiver hoping NFL is a dream delayed

By Arnie Stapleton Apr. 05, 2019 03:42 PM EDT