⚡ Latest Update • Aug 08, 2026
Breaking: ESPN reports significant developments in Sports World. NewsNovaWorld Digest brings you this verified summary with key insights and analysis.
Inside Larry Fitzgerald's college career that could have, or should have, won a Heisman
Larry Fitzgerald is not, technically, a superhero, but there were so many awe-inspiring moments during his 17-year NFL career -- a career for which he'll...
Key points
- Larry Fitzgerald is not, technically, a superhero, but there were so many awe-inspiring moments during his 17-year NFL career -- a career for which he'll be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (noon ET on ESPN) -- that he certainly seemed like one.
- Larry Fitzgerald: I kind of fell into their lap.
- Deal: Larry wasn't one, at the time, for getting out of bed, but he came and stood with [future Pitt QB] Tyler Palko, and man, did they hit it off.
- Walt Harris, Pitt head coach, 1997-2004: Larry and about 10 other kids from Larry's high school in Minneapolis were watching practice.
What happened
More photos
Larry Fitzgerald is not, technically, a superhero, but there were so many awe-inspiring moments during his 17-year NFL career -- a career for which he'll be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (noon ET on ESPN) -- that he certainly seemed like one. Larry Fitzgerald: I kind of fell into their lap. Deal: Larry wasn't one, at the time, for getting out of bed, but he came and stood with [future Pitt QB] Tyler Palko, and man, did they hit it off. Walt Harris, Pitt head coach, 1997-2004: Larry and about 10 other kids from Larry's high school in Minneapolis were watching practice. And I think that really captured Larry. Yogi Roth, Pitt receiver, 2000-03: Larry always had raw ability, but he didn't walk in anywhere near [a finished product].