His stay in Gainesville lasted only a semester , however .
He was driving a truck for his father 's welding company in Miami the following summer when Coach Lew Hertzog persuaded him to attend Northeast Louisiana University in Monroe .
His stay in Gainesville lasted only a semester , however , and he was driving a truck for his father 's welding company in Miami the following summer when Coach Lew Hertzog persuaded him to attend Northeast Louisiana University in Monroe .