Green Bay Packers' Randall Cobb graduates from Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky., May 9 (UPI) -- Pro bowl quarterback Aaron Rodgers stood like a proud parent, among friends and families, to watch Sunday's graduation ceremony at the University of Kentucky.

Rodgers attended to watch one of his favorite targets, catch something more significant than a football: a college diploma.

Randall Cobb, who played for Kentucky from 2008 to 2010, still needs to complete two more classes to finish a degree in community leadership and development in the college of agriculture, food and environment. He was still allowed to walk in the ceremony.

Cobb said that he is the first member of his immediate family to earn a college degree.

"That achievement is going to be bigger than any success I could have on the field because ... on that day I will have set a standard for my family and anyone that comes after me," Cobb said in a video produced by Kentucky. "And that's something that I always thought about as a kid: being the first one to graduate from college."

Rodgers attended Saturday's Kentucky Derby.

"Once you get to a professional level it's more mental than it is physical," Cobb said in the video. "Everybody there is fast, everybody there is strong, and everybody there can do different things with their body and put their body in different situations. But it's the mental process, you have to be able to do things in a very small window and be able to notice different things and make adjustments. You really have to have a high football IQ and I think having an educational background and learning how to think really helps you excel."

Cobb, 25, also played quarterback at Kentucky, completing 62-of-122 career passes for 689 yards, five touchdowns and five interceptions. He rushed for 1,313 yards and 22 scores on 228 carries, while netting 144 receptions for 1,661 yards and 13 receiving scores while wearing blue and white.