Brian Driscoll knew from an early age he would play football. He also learned quickly he wouldnt be much like his grandfather.Growing up, I knew him as my Grandpa Lance, Driscoll said, but obviously a lot of people know him as a little more than that.The Cal junior centers grandfather is Lance Alworth, one of the greatest stars of the old American Football League. So fast and graceful one of his San Diego Chargers teammates dubbed him Bambi, Alworth was a six-time first-team All-AFL selection and a member of both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame.Ive watched a few of the highlights, Bojan Bogdanovic Jersey said Driscoll, whose mother is Alworths daughter. Definitely a little bit faster than Domantas Sabonis Jersey I am pretty impre sive. "Its strange watching someone you know as your Grandpa be a pretty good athlete. A little different than Ive seen him. But its also really cool.Elusive at 6-feet, 185 pounds, Alworth was such a good athlete both the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates tried to sign him out of high school. But he went to Arkansas to play football, starring as a running back who also led college football in punt return yardage in 1960 and 61.Driscoll grew up in San Diego and often went to Chargers games as a kid. Grandpa Lance was always nearby.I grew up learning a lot about Bambi and how great a receiver he was, Driscoll said. I got a little different skill set than him, which was a little difficult to deal with at first. But I grew to love it.Driscoll played tight end in Pop Warner football but by the time he got to Torrey Pines High School was big enough that coaches moved him to the offensive line.He apologized because he couldnt give me a lot of advice about offensive Aaron Holiday Jersey line, Driscoll said of Alworth, but he was always super supportive of me and came to every game that he could.Scroll to ContinueAlworth is 82, and perhaps no longer a household name except to those who saw him in his prime. But his prime was spectacular.He led the AFL in receptions three times, in receiving yards three times, in touchdown catches three times. In the era before NFL teams threw 50 pa ses a game, Alworth had 542 receptions in 11 seasons nine of them with the Chargers. He Indiana Pacers Hats totaled 10,266 receiving yards, averaging 18.9 yards per catch, and had 85 touchdowns.Over a three-year period between 1964-66, Alworth had 203 receptions for 4,220 yards (20.8 yards per catch) with 40 TD catches.He was the 1963 UPI AFL Player of the Year and a first-team selection to the AFL All-1960s Jeremy Lamb Jersey team.Alworth also was chosen to the NFL 100 All-Time Team, one of 10 receivers on the list along with the likes of Don Hutson, Jerry Rice and Randy Mo s. With former Raiders center Jim Otto, he is one of just two offensive players who spent a majority of his career in the AFL on the all-time team.I grew up around football because of him and because of my family, Driscoll said. It was a great experience.Driscoll talks in the video below about the Bears' offensive line, which has been shuffled repeatedly in response to performance and injury:Cover photo of Lance Alworth by Malcom Emmons, USA Today