If you scroll to the very beginning of Keelan Cole’s Instagram page, past the photos of him donning a Jaguars uniform and helmet, past the leaping grabs and Sunday touchdown celebrations, you’ll stumble upon a grainy post from September 23, 2014.



It’s a photo of Cole in a white No. 4 Kentucky Wesleyan jersey, silver helmet and light gray bottoms, the purple from his compression pants stretching out onto his calves. He’s making a catch along the sideline, both feet barely in bounds just shy of the 10-yard line, his hands extended with the ball firmly in his grasp.



Underneath the image is a simple caption.



It once represented an impossible dream, a long-shot aspiration that would never — could never — be reached.



It now represents the start of a journey through the bowels of Division 2 football to the cusp of NFL stardom.



“It’s all about the little things that you do right,” Cole...