McDonald Ferguson

Defensive lineman

Ferguson was one of the strongest players on the Gator team in 1996, but it turns out his real gift was for designing clothes.

His company — Fergo LLC — designs clothes and sneakers in distributed by collegesneakers.com.

“My passion for designing has always been there,” he said. “I had a fine arts major at Florida and I had an ankle injury right before I was going to sign with the Colts so that was the end of football for me.

“But it gave me the opportunity to start an apparel line.”

Ferguson lives in Fort Lauderdale with his wife. He has a daughter and three grandchildren.

His son, Adrian, died two years ago after a four-month battle after being diagnosed with brain tumors.

“I’m still in the grieving process,” Ferguson said.