(S23) - PT 4 - The Butterfly Effect

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One of the biggest hurdles of Tyron Shields’s football career were the series of major injuries that he had to face in his high school days. He was a dominant football player at the high school level, playing at Blue Valley North High School in the Kansas City area. He was a stand out player early in his high school career, getting starting reps at cornerback in his freshman season. His sophomore season was unfortunately cut short at midseason when he suffered a broken ankle. He returned the next season for his junior year and was still looking like an elite prospect, but was being nagged by injuries ranging from his shoulder to his hips to his feet. His senior year was his healthiest yet. He only missed one game, the last one, which was caused by an ACL tear in practice. Returning from injuries over and over again takes its toll on the body and the mind as well. He missed out on D1 offers because of his proneness to injury, and he had to go the JUCO route. Fortunately for Shields, these were the last of his injury issues. He had no injury problems in college, and hasn’t had a single injury in his DSFL or NSFL career.

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