Fullback 7 inspired me to share my story

[federaldb59]

Just like the title says fullback inspired me. My story probably isnt as good as his but it inspired me to share mine and may help other people that were in our same position.

I started playing football in tenth grade, I had previous played one year in 7th grade. Our team was actualy pretty good for once that year. We satrted the season ranked number 6 and our only loses game from the 3rd and 5th ranked team and one confrence foe. We finished 7-3 that year one game out of the playoffs. Our team was stacked that year with seniors, tall strong and big. We had guys benching 300-400 pounds, squating 700+. Needless to say none in my class saw anygame time.

That year since we were stacked everyone in my class was on the jv team. We went 4-4 not great but not as bad as things would get in the future. I was the starting 3 technique in our 4-3 defense. I had a great year and i loved it. The most memorable part of that whole season for me was the one sack I had, and one great 4th and inches I had at our rivals stadium.

Now mind you this next part is where everyhting goes to ****. The seniors were gone now and it was up to us and the juniors that were becoming seniors(there were only about 15 of them). I had been in the weightroom giving it everything i got wanting to be out on that field. It was around that time my one good friend was involved in a car accident and died. I decided to smoke a joint with my one buddy on the way to school and when we walked in the assisnat princapal noticed we reeked like weed. (dont flame me about smoking, smoking dosent ruin your life only you ruin it) I was suspended from school from 10 days and ordered to attened drug rehab classes before returing to school. My coach was definitly not pleased. He had been telling me all fall about how I needed to be ready to be the starter and everything else.

Come springtime I was just about out of the doghouse with coach when he announces hes leaving to be defensive quality coordinator for the Ohio State Buckeyes. He left because he knew there wasnt enough talent and size. We were all devestaed to hear he was leaving because he was a great coach. Our new coach was abit of a pussy and me and him did not get along.

At the begining of summer we meet at the field to run laps and flip tractor tires etc. These workouts were semi voluntary if you went it looked good for you. I skiped the whole month of june due to wanting to drink and have fun before it was practice all day and resting all night. Come july conditioning it was obvious that the coach wasnt taking me seriously even though I buckeled down and busted my balls. I droped from 260-220 by the time the season started. Something else happened to. When I had been in the rehab program They made me prioritize my goals and two of them were to play varsity and become a fullback. One of them came to reality when coach told me I would be transfering to defensive end and fullback. What I didnt know at the time was they basicly stuck me there cause we were low on fb's and de's and had alot of dtackles. They started a 170 lb sophmore over me. I think as like a grudge against me.

All my teammates wanted me on the field and the sophomore even told the coach I was a better fullback then him. The only action I saw again was jv when I blocked for the kid who took my starting varsity job. (my blocking for him alowed him to see first hand how good I was.) About three games left in the season I had enough. I still hadnt seen seen a minute of time, no special teams nothing. It was also about this time I started abusing perscription pills. Snorting so many percocets before a game that I about overdosed and was vomiting everywhere, I wasnt even alowed to dress. Staying up for days snorting adderals and skipping school. Its no wonder I never say any pt. Im Not sure if the coaches knew I was pilled out or thought i was wasted. I quit with 3 games left in the season.

After the season I talked to the coach and appologized for quitting and started lifitng again. One day I decided to go to lifting after smoking a blunt. I guess I smelled like weed and one of my teamates snitched on me. (even though 2 months later he started smoking pot himself.) The coach sat me doen told me he knew about my past with weed and said someone told him they smelled it on me. He kicked me off the team.

In the spring of my junior year I wrote a 2 page letter to my coach appogizing submitting myself to random drug testing, I'd even pay for it. He told me he had read my letter and if I acted right till the school year was up hed get back to me. I went to see him on the last day of school and he had left early. It was obvious he wanted nothing to do with me even though I was willing to give up everything to make right for my senior year.

Fast forward two years and here I am. Ive been lifting and trying to get back into shape to tryout for a local semipro team in march. Thanks for reading this long and complictaed story, I just wanted to share and be able to give you guys updates on my progress and support. Thanks. any questions ask em.

[SwoleMeat]

1. your originl coach probably left because that was a better opportunity for him and his family

2. why not try out at a college, etc and not straight to a semi pro team?

[tehramos505]

no lie fullback 7 has a really great inspirational story and yours was nice as well.

[flatir94]

Good story and good luck.....could someone post the link to fullback7's story

[Hayeder]

wow great story, I want to read fullback7's story now, can you please pm me with a link?

[gnarsurf]

wow great story, I want to read fullback7's story now, can you please pm me with a link?

y not post it here for every1 to see?

[Fullback7]

wow great story, I want to read fullback7's story now, can you please pm me with a link?

http://gridironredemption.wordpress.com

^^ Blog I started for my 12 week session before the season. Also posting my story by chapter, and more detailed about everything compared to my forum post.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showpo...1&postcount=21

[Fullback7]

Good read. Stay up, and continue with your success. I agree with you on one thing. Weed isn't bad for you, and it's been completely twisted by the media. However sometimes you have to do things to please the man regardless if you know everything said about it is false. It's about growing up, and being professional. I love weed, but I'll never smoke it ever again..Knowing it won't do the slightest damage to myself physically.

It's the same reason I took all of my piercings out. From the gauges in my tongue, eyebrow, ears, etc. Not because I wanted to, but because to get a step up in life you have to cut out insignificant things to move up in the world, and gain a step in your true dreams. It's all about the way people view you. I had to cut out people I had been friends with for 10+ years, to get away from the former lifestyle. If you want your dreams bad enough, you will take any risk possible to achieve them.

Good Luck.

[flatir94]

Dude both of you have great storys very inspirational they should do like a diseny movie on lol but all joking aside thanks for sharing and good luck

[Fullback7]

Dude both of you have great storys very inspirational they should do like a diseny movie on lol but all joking aside thanks for sharing and good luck

I'll be played by Samuel L. Jackson.

[DriveMyWhey]

If you want your dreams bad enough, you will take any risk possible to achieve them.

on recharge.



this sentence is so true, i had to rid from all my friends, my mom, my brother, my sister, the city i was born and grew up in just to get the slightest chance of making something worth of myself.

[SkinnyWR009]

no lie fullback 7 has a really great inspirational story and yours was nice as well.

lol some rich drug addict who turned into a slob then getting back into shape.. so inspirational.. LOL

[Fullback7]

lol some rich drug addict who turned into a slob then getting back into shape.. so inspirational.. LOL

Thanks.

O wait, was I suppose to give a **** what you think? That was your intention right? To actually subdue yourself to cause some sort of ramble to discredit what I had to say?

If I was rich I wouldn't have struggled to support myself and family, while living in a broke down trailer. Thanks for the understanding, and actually reading my story. People like yourself which fuel my dreams, and the dreams of others like me.

Stay negative bro, seems like all you got.

[federaldb59]

lets keep the negative energy out lets make this a thread for people who have ruined their sports dreams and are trying to right them. I never got 1 starting snap in my high school carear. my coach ****ed me by telling me he'd get back to me about being on the team and he ran out on me, totaly ****ing my whole senior year. I started this thread to help encourage and support people, keep it that way.

[titdoctor]

lol some rich drug addict who turned into a slob then getting back into shape.. so inspirational.. LOL

actually it is inspirational.. i hope fullback7 goes to the nfl.

[federaldb59]

1. your originl coach probably left because that was a better opportunity for him and his family

2. why not try out at a college, etc and not straight to a semi pro team?

he did leave for better oppertunity. he had no family he did it for himself. he had previously coached with tressle and figured he might be able to move up there but he only stayed for one year, now hes the defensive end coach and bowling green. he knew the talent well was dry so he split he took the school from 0-10 to 7-3 in about 4 years.

Ive been thinking about trying out for a college, the closest one is youngstown state. I just think doing semipro for one year will get me back into the speed of the game and i may be able to compile a game tape the only other tape i have are a couple clips from me in 10th grade.

I will post a journal of my workouts for the past month on my bodyspace if your interested in reading it i could link it here or join as my friend.

Ife anyone else has anything constructive to add please do.

[SwoleMeat]

he did leave for better oppertunity. he had no family he did it for himself. he had previously coached with tressle and figured he might be able to move up there but he only stayed for one year, now hes the defensive end coach and bowling green. he knew the talent well was dry so he split he took the school from 0-10 to 7-3 in about 4 years.

Ive been thinking about trying out for a college, the closest one is youngstown state. I just think doing semipro for one year will get me back into the speed of the game and i may be able to compile a game tape the only other tape i have are a couple clips from me in 10th grade.

I will post a journal of my workouts for the past month on my bodyspace if your interested in reading it i could link it here or join as my friend.

Ife anyone else has anything constructive to add please do.

I just walked on at a D1 school football team this spring and was able to compete and play in spring ball after being out of football since fall of 2006.

It was a tough road, but definitley worth it. To get your foot in the door, i will say its all about physical numbers.This is from my point of view at least. I wish it were the other way/ based on game tape/play, but breaking down tape takes too much time compared to running some 40's and seeing how many times you can rep 185 or measuring your vert.

I dont know much about the semi-pro stuff, but longterm wise, i would say youngstown st would be very beneficial. I dont think the college football atmosphere can compare to anything else, not to mention the bonding wit your teamates and all that.

best of luck

[federaldb59]

what college do you play for pm me id like to talk with you more, you too fullback, i dont even know you guys but i feel like we connect cause we failed at our dreams and are trying to get back at em.

[SwoleMeat]

what college do you play for pm me id like to talk with you more, you too fullback, i dont even know you guys but i feel like we connect cause we failed at our dreams and are trying to get back at em.

all i will say is its a pac-10 school. I didnt fail my dreams at all, I just didn't realize what they were coming out of HS. 1st Team All-state DB senior yr and after the yr was over i didnt want to hear any recruiting calls or talk about playing at the next level because it just wasnt fun to me anymore

spring of 08 i realize i missed it, kicked myself in the ass, trained from spring 08 to march 09, got my tryout and made the team.

I cant relate to smoking pot so much that it affected my abilities and snorting pills and all that stuff, but i can relate to the fact you want to get bck into it, and it just takes hard work. You put out the work, you do your part, and if its meant to be then its meant to be. Just keep in mind that at the end of the day its about effort, and at the end of the day, max effort =ultimate satisfaction because if you worked your ass off and didnt make it, then your ok with that because you gave it your all.

[federaldb59]

all i will say is its a pac-10 school. I didnt fail my dreams at all, I just didn't realize what they were coming out of HS. 1st Team All-state DB senior yr and after the yr was over i didnt want to hear any recruiting calls or talk about playing at the next level because it just wasnt fun to me anymore

spring of 08 i realize i missed it, kicked myself in the ass, trained from spring 08 to march 09, got my tryout and made the team.

I cant relate to smoking pot so much that it affected my abilities and snorting pills and all that stuff, but i can relate to the fact you want to get bck into it, and it just takes hard work. You put out the work, you do your part, and if its meant to be then its meant to be. Just keep in mind that at the end of the day its about effort, and at the end of the day, max effort =ultimate satisfaction because if you worked your ass off and didnt make it, then your ok with that because you gave it your all.

congrats, hopefully it aint the school in southern california or else your ass is gonna get whooped come sept 12. i knew i was a good player and all my team mates said the said but i never got any awards for my performance. thats why id like to try out for a semi pro team but i might as well try out for both.

smoking pot didnt affect my abilities but doing pills and staying out all night and cutting class i was digging myself deeper and deeper. now that i look back i understand why i never played. before my first coach left i had been told all offseason i was the stud on the d-line etc. and i let it get to my head. when i shouldve been with my team in june i was out getting messed up and relaxing.

[correll28]

these stories keep my dream alive


i someday hope to play for penn state, a lifelong dream ive had.

no matter how many people tell me im crazy

[federaldb59]

feel free to share your story thats why i made this thread to keep us all motivated.

[lukeridnour08]

No offense, but nothing about this story is insperational.

That last time you played football was a Junior on the JV team.
Its not like you made something of yourself and now play in college or something.

All you do is hope to make a semi-pro team.
Most Colleges would stomp semi-pro teams

[Fullback7]

No offense, but nothing about this story is insperational.

That last time you played football was a Junior on the JV team.
Its not like you made something of yourself and now play in college or something.

All you do is hope to make a semi-pro team.
Most Colleges would stomp semi-pro teams

Don't be a douche. He never said it was a story with great inspiration, or forced it upon anyone to believe so. He was just sharing his story.

Some semi-pro teams are actually really damn impressive. The semi-pro team i was on, had a 3x pro-bowl coach, 3 former NFL players, a former Heisman finalist, and 15+ former division 1 players on the team.

You also felt the need to stress your point to put it in all bold? You also say no offense then basically trash on the guy?

[lukeridnour08]

Don't be a douche. He never said it was a story with great inspiration, or forced it upon anyone to believe so. He was just sharing his story.

Some semi-pro teams are actually really damn impressive. The semi-pro team i was on, had a 3x pro-bowl coach, 3 former NFL players, a former Heisman finalist, and 15+ former division 1 players on the team.

You also felt the need to stress your point to put it in all bold? You also say no offense then basically trash on the guy?

I guess your right, he never said it was suppose to be an inspirational story.

I was just trying to say that he really hasn't done anything yet until he makes the semi-pro team.

And yes obviously there are going to be some good semi-pro leagues, and some joke leagues.

The semi-pro team where I live is full of ex-HS football players from around the county, along w/ some D2 players that played at the school in my town.
Far from special.


Your story is inspiring becauase you actually accomplished stuff.

[mccoy19]

I never got 1 starting snap in my high school carear. my coach ****ed me by telling me he'd get back to me about being on the team and he ran out on me, totaly ****ing my whole senior year.

Not trying to sound like a dick at all... but you can't blame anyone but yourself for what happened in high school/football. Your coach didn't fuk you over... you fuked yourself over by making the choices you made. And i'm glad you're trying to start over with it and do things right this time, but you should remember to hold yourself accountable. I find it helps in the process. The more you sacrifice and the harder you work... the better it feels in the end.

[federaldb59]

if you would read i stated that i had realized why i didnt start. my coach did **** me over because i had quit drugs got my grades up and wrote a 2 page letter of appology. i even submited myself to drug testing. he said hed get back to me and bailed out of school on the last day before i could talk to him. and to the other jackass i also made this as kind of a journal until the tryouts. if you dont like the thread leave.

[lukeridnour08]

he said hed get back to me and bailed out of school on the last day before i could talk to him.

Thats a poor excuse.

Its not that hard to find the coach to talk to him.
Football practice maybe??


Not trying to be a jackass just saying.


But I wish you all the luck in your future w/ football.
I hope you do keep this as a journal so we can track your progress.

Keep it up

[dt02]

lol at this... I wish you luck, but man you got your work cut out. Your story leads me to believe that you never had the talent to begin with. Just assuming.

I know a guy that turned down Kansas his jr year then decided to walk on at texas tech his 2nd semester of his freshman and the still was cut later in fall ball. This guy used to run in the jr. olympics, was all state db/wr in Colorado and ran a sub 4.5 40 dash.

Same story with me... I was a pretty good prospect for baseball out of high school, I was told to attend a JUCO first and then transfer to d1 because you have a better chance of playing time as a freshman/sophomore, well what do I do?... I turn it all down to stay with my high school girlfriend. About November of my College freshman year I realized I missed it the sport and decided to work my ass off getting stronger and get back in running shape. Well, the spring comes along and I head to tryouts and catch some eyes because I run a 4.5 40 and I even begin talking to some coaches and they say they will get back to me within the next week.... what happens? No calls. And that was right at a year of being out of the game. Same thing with my buddy about being out a year of football... You on the otherhand dont have much of a base to begin with. Good luck though, man and use this as motivation to better yourself.


ps: I lol'ed at the comment of fullback making the NFL haha...

[federaldb59]

If you wanna hate Ive been keepin a log since September. As I think I said I started over kids who went on to play d3, I just wasnt interested in going to practice. More interested in drugs and women. Im not trying to go to TOSU Im trying to go D1AA D2, D3, NAIA I dont care. I want to get an education and play football. Like I said if you wanna hate gome to my log and hate fuel my fire. The link is in my sig.