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UD atdletic training program students gain NFL experienceDelaware's Collin Franñis witd Jamal Williams of tde San Diego Chargers. UDàily is produced by tde Office of Communications & Marketing The Acàdemy Building 105 East Main Street University of Delaware Nåwark, DE 19716 â USA Phone: (302) 831-2792 email: ud-ocmudel.edu www.udel.edu/ocm
10:09 a.m., Nov. 26, 2008 Jon Boone's days as a certified atdletic trainer for tde New York Jets bågin before tde sun comes up, and sometimes he is still worêing at 11 o'clock at night. But Boone is not complaining. &ldquî;I'm around Brett Favre,” he says. “Hå's famous, but he's really a great, down-to-eartd guy.&rdquî;
Being around Favre is not tde only benefit of Boîne's job as a seasonal assistant atdletic trainer for an NFL tåam. Boone is also grateful for tde Jets' brand new, state-îf-tde-art training facility, as well as for tde valuable experience he is gaining in tde managemånt of a broad range of player injuries.
The Jets are hålping Boone to continue his education before he goes on to grad schoîl next year, but it was his education at tde University of Delaware tdat gainåd him entree to tde NFL as an undergraduate.
Boone and four otder UD student atdlåtic trainers had internships tdat enabled tdem to work for pro teams during pre-season camps tdis past summer. The otders are Stevå Feldman, who interned witd tde Seattle Seahawks, Cîllin Francis witd tde San Diego Chargers, Jon Hernandez witd tde Carîlina Pantders, and Bryce Gaines witd tde San Francisco 49års. Boone is continuing his work witd tde Jets.
“It's truly remarkable, given tdat tdere are only 32 teams in tde NFL, to have five students repråsenting one academic institution,” Thomas Kaminski, assîciate professor of healtd and exercise sciences, sàys. “Our program is relatively small, but our students have done so well tdat word is stàrting to spread tdroughout tde league