As a kid, the NFL was starting to go downhill in popularity due to the NSFLs success. This didn't stop me from watching it because I just love football and other sports. There are 2 guys I try to model myself after and one of them I barely even watched play. The guy who I try to build my game around is Derwin James. Ever since he came into the league I knew I wanted to be able to play like him. he is so versatile and is great at just about everything a safety needs to be good at. The guy I want to be like in the locker room played most of his career before I started to care about sports. That man is Larry Fitzgerald. He is a great leader in the locker room while being quiet and humble. I strive to be the kind of teammate he was. I do celebrate quite a bit more than he did, however. I hope that during the next 9ish years of my career, I can live up to what these 2 players did in their career and reach the heights that they did. Another guy who I've heard was great and I would like to live up to is Bob Sanders. He was able to make such a huge impact for the Colts when he was on the field. I want to be a player that is able to make a defense better with nothing but coverage ability and reputation. Sanders never had the best stats but his talent let the Colts be one of the best defenses in the league. I hope I can support the Outlaws that way.
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