LEXINGTON, Ky. — More than NFL draft stock will be on the line for Kentucky running back Chris Rodriguez at the league’s scouting combine in Indianapolis this week.
When Rodriguez takes his turn at the bench press on Sunday, he will be working to raise money for lupus research as well as impress NFL teams. Rodriguez’s mother, Stephanie Thornton, died in January after battling the disease.
Rodriguez is soliciting donations for every rep he performs on the bench press at the combine. The money raised will go to the Lupus Foundation of America.
