Path to the Pros 2017
How a Support Crew Named ‘The Dream Team’ Helped Houston Texans DB Treston Decoud Escape a Life of Violence and Make it to the NFL
Treston Decoud saw wasted potential. He saw families torn apart. He saw the impact of crime on friends and loved ones in his hometown of Covington, Louisiana, and he knew [...]
Utah LB Pita Taumoepenu’s Incredible Journey From Tongan Fruit Farmer To NFL Draft Prospect
When Pita Taumoepenu caught his first glimpse of American football, he was 17 years old. He didn’t know a lick of English, but he knew he liked what he saw. [...]
Ultra-Athletic Michigan DE Chris Wormley Is Ready To Attack The NFL
Michigan’s defense was suffocating last season. The team allowed just 3,032 yards, lowest in the FBS. Their 12.5 points allowed per game ranked second only to Alabama. Jabrill Peppers grabbed [...]
How T.J. Watt Transitioned From Tight End to a Top NFL Linebacker Prospect
T.J. Watt’s football career hasn’t always been easy. The former Wisconsin linebacker lost two seasons to injury and had to abruptly switch positions from tight end to linebacker midway through [...]
How TCU DE Josh Carraway Transformed Himself From A Two-Star Recruit To A Top Pass-Rusher in The 2017 NFL Draft
It’s a defensive coordinator’s worst nightmare—the opposing quarterback hanging out in the pocket cool as a cucumber, casually waiting for routes to develop before he tosses completion after completion. Nothing [...]
How Football Helped Kentucky RB Stanley ‘Boom’ Williams Overcome Tragedy
For the first time in his life, Stanley “Boom” Williams didn’t feel like playing football. Last Summer, Williams’ 18-year-old sister—Kenyatta Millbrooks—passed away suddenly. The tragedy flattened Williams, and it left [...]
Washington CB Sidney Jones’s High School Coach Told Him He Wasn’t Good Enough to Play Cornerback
Sidney Jones's Path to the Pros was going exactly as planned. Over three seasons for the Washington Huskies, Jones established himself as one of the premier cornerbacks in college football, [...]
Michigan RB De’Veon Smith’s Mother Is All The Motivation He Needs To Make It in The NFL
Brothers compete. It’s just what they do. As the youngest of five football-playing brothers, De’Veon Smith took his licks. Lance Smith played at Wisconsin, and Maurice Smith played at Michigan [...]
Missouri DE Charles Harris Brings a ‘Black Mamba Mentality’ to The NFL
Charles Harris still remembers his first football play. He was a junior at Lincoln College Prep. He’d spent his entire life dreaming of being an NBA star, and he was [...]
How Ohio State LB Raekwon McMillan’s No-Nonsense Mindset Helped Him Become a Top NFL Prospect
The Ohio State Buckeyes have a reputation for producing some of the best defensive players in the NFL. Joey Bosa and Ryan Shazier are the most recent successes, and now [...]
