More than seven years since he played his last game as the starting safety of the Stony Brook football team, Dominick Reyes stepped into the octagon to take on Jon Jones in UFC 247 for the Light Heavyweight Championship.
Each year, the Stony Brook University football team invites several players to attend the school with the possibility of being a non-scholarship-receiving player on the roster (walk-ons). In the summer of 2010, defensive back Christian Ricard was one of these players.
