“We got a box here from The Citadel!”

Former Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Jon Gruden posted a video to his social media accounts recently showing him walking into his office holding a large box.

As he opens the box, he gushes about the South’s oldest military academy.

“This is a hell of a place. This is where disciplined young people go for specialized training,” he said. “I remember when I was with the Raiders, the great Al Davis, you know where he was an offensive line coach in 1955 to 1956? The Citadel. And he’d tell me stories about what these young men and women do.”

“It’s a credit to their bravery, their day to day discipline,” he added. “They’ve had a lot of great people come through here.”

The box, full of Citadel gear, was from football coach Maurice Drayton

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