(S30) PT 2 - Alternate History

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Blackstone has met with success at just about every professional level at this point, and his own aspiration now is to set himself up as best as he can for the Hall of Fame. However, as nice as that sounds, it does not mean that success, or even football, has not always come easily to him. Football has almost always been Blackstone's dream, but there were times in high school and even college when that dream seemed really far off. Normally this would happen in his first year in the league (freshman year in both high school and college), and in college his defensive line coach even went so far as to tell Blackstone that he might do well to consider an alternative career path--that he would never make it in the pros. At that point, Blackstone had a choice: whether to double down hard in what he believed in and pursue his desires, or take a safer route (the coach recommended he consider the "business side of sports or maybe even youth coaching"). He would like to say that he never thought twice about it and that he was steadfast from the moment he was confronted by his coach. But that's not true. He deliberated hard and then often thought and re-thought about his decision in the years to come. But as history would have it, he not only made it to the ISFL but conquered his fear of the learning curve, winning Defensive Rookie of the Year in his first season.