If you run into any writer who puts a different name here it’s either a prank or they are being held hostage and are trying to send a message without their kidnapper noticing. Hernandez grew up in Bristol, Connecticut, and played for the Patriots from 2010 to 2012. As the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier wrote later that year, Rooney was taken with Obama’s ability to connect with people. That face — all determination and brambled beard — still fronts much of the league’s promotional mat.