I was so happy. Now every day I wake up and get a brand new start. I could put on pads and cleats and hit someone right now. It's just something you can't describe.
He was like my big brother. He suffered from epilepsy and fell overboard on a fishing expedition and drowned.
Every day I reassessed my life. The job was hard. One day I dug an entire sewer main by hand in six-and-a-half hours. That's the day I decided I probably needed to get back in college.
I'm just happy to be here, happy to get a second chance and make the best of it, help this team out. If I play left tackle it's left; if I play right, it's right. I'll play tight end, whatever the team needs.
I didn't know what to think on the appeal. I was walking on egg shells, but I was realistic. I thought it was 50-50 and figured it was in the Lord's hands.