In 2015, Jerome Bettis proudly delivered his Pro Football Hall of Fame induction speech. Nearly a decade later, Bettis delivered another speech while celebrating another milestone.
In May 2022, Bettis spoke at his graduation ceremony after earning his business degree from Notre Dame, fulfilling a promise he made to his parents roughly 30 years earlier after he left school early to declare for the NFL Draft.
Bettis, who initially left Notre Dame after his junior season, returned to campus three decades later to finish up his remaining coursework. Fittingly, Bettis called his mother to celebrate the accomplishment upon leaving the classroom for the final time.
Bettis dedicated the moment to his mother, his wife and their two children, and his father, who passed away shortly after Bettis and the Steelers won the Super Bowl in January 2006.
“Me getting a degree is not just for me,” Bettis told NFL Films, who documented his journey. “It was for my entire family.”
This wasn’t Bettis’ first time back on campus as a student upon…
