Air Force graduate Ben Garland has to choose between the NFL and a spot into a pilot training program at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas.
"It's such a golden ticket either way," said Garland, who is a rookie defensive lineman with the Broncos.
He has to at some point serve a five-year commitment to the Air Force.
Garland possibly could skip pilot training and fulfill his commitment through working down the road at the Academy in the finance department.
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