THE DONALD FILE
* First-team All American in 2013.
* Winner Outland and Nagurski Trophies, Lombardi and Bednarik Awards.
* 2014 NFL Draft, 1st round, 13th pick, L.A. Rams.
* Defensive Rookie of the Year.
* NFL Defensive Player of the Year, 2017, 2018, 2020.
*Super Bowl champion last season.
*Agreed to a reworked that brings his contract to six years, $135 million.
By Lenn Robbins
If you think it’s frightening for an offensive lineman to face Aaron Donald on a football field, imagine meeting the Rams defensive tackle in The Dungeon.
The Dungeon was the brainchild of the father of the best defensive player in the NFL. In 1991, the year Aaron was born, his father Archie spent $1300 on set of weights purchased from a local power builder who was retiring.
Archie put those weights in the basement of the family home in Northeast Pittsburgh. It was there that Aaron, and his older brother Archie Jr., built their bodies into forces of destruction on a football field. If you think buying Apple stock was a good investment, consider the dividends a $1300-set of weights yielded.