TexasTerror
June 28th, 2010, 07:37 AM
Great read. For those not sure of who this player is, this is a former Houston Texans WR that suffered a major injury during the preseason, that has essentially sidelined his playing career.
The owner of the Texans told the player that he would pay for him to finish his college degree. He went to Prairie View A&M to get that job done and now at the age of 27, is helping out on the Panthers' football team while doing it.
On this steamy morning, we're standing on the football field at Prairie View A&M, where Williams, now 27, has put his life back together. He's a few months from graduating, working as a volunteer assistant coach and feeling optimistic about life.
"Sometimes you're going to fall down," he said, "but you've got to get back up. Everything in life won't happen like you planned it."
He's back in school because Texans owner Bob McNair insisted on it. McNair told Williams he absolutely had to finish his degree and that he was going to pay for it.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/fb/texansfront/7082580.html
The owner of the Texans told the player that he would pay for him to finish his college degree. He went to Prairie View A&M to get that job done and now at the age of 27, is helping out on the Panthers' football team while doing it.
On this steamy morning, we're standing on the football field at Prairie View A&M, where Williams, now 27, has put his life back together. He's a few months from graduating, working as a volunteer assistant coach and feeling optimistic about life.
"Sometimes you're going to fall down," he said, "but you've got to get back up. Everything in life won't happen like you planned it."
He's back in school because Texans owner Bob McNair insisted on it. McNair told Williams he absolutely had to finish his degree and that he was going to pay for it.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/fb/texansfront/7082580.html