Inside a dark and unfinished basement in Wisconsin known as “The Grit Dungeon,” Quinn Meinerz never expected that one day he would become one of the highest-paid guards in the NFL. It was 2020 and the pandemic had shut down Division III football, forcing the Wisconsin-Whitewater offensive lineman to train in the bottom floor of his dad’s house, with nothing but a rack of weights and his own determination. The hours spent in The Grit Dungeon proved beneficial during the 2021 Reese’s Senior Bowl, where he excelled and set himself up to go to the Broncos in the third round of the NFL draft.