Grover Stewart has evolved into one of NFL's top game-wreckers

By sandhya October 20, 2022 Image credit-Google SSA

Grover Stewart fell asleep on draft day

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And an orangutan named Rocky interrupts his sleep.

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All that anticipation, all those nerves, weeks and months of bottled-up uncertainty — finally, it gave way to a different emotion

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The defensive tackle became the first Albany State player drafted in a decade and a half

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Three rounds in, he was fed up with rejection.

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Stewart sat back at his parents' home in Camilla, Ga., and sighed.

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Finally, he collapsed in despair. After the third round, he retreated to the back bedroom, turned off the lights, and fell asleep.

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Enter Rocky, the 12-year-old orangutan who calls the Indianapolis Zoo home.

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Inside Windsor Castle - Take a tour before Prince William and Kate Middleton leave

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