echeese 2,157 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 https://www.texasfootball.com/article/2021/02/03/he-was-homeless-and-worked-from-3-7-am-to-make-ends-meet-now-he-s-signed-to-play-college-football?ref=home_feature_article Simply an awesome story. Kid was living in a shelter in Ft Worth, working from 3am-7am before school to make ends meet. Now he's getting a shot. Homeless. The sheer thought of the word makes you shudder and immediately count your blessings. For Fort Worth Arlington Heights’ Leslie Adindu, it is his reality. A family dispute culminating in his father’s move to New Orleans left Adindu without a place to live in Fort Worth. The 19-year-old found himself living in a shelter. It’s at this point where this story could go one of two ways: Adindu, down on his luck, could have simply thrown up his hands, torn up the cards he’d been dealt and faded into the background. Or, or, he could have authored one of the most inspirational stories you’ll ever hear. Guess which path Adindu chose? “He didn’t know how to put pads on” Arlington Heights defensive line coach Charles Perry won’t soon forget the first time he laid eyes on Adindu, who had moved to Texas from Nigeria with his father in the fall of 2019. It was during PE class when Perry noticed a well-put-together 6-foot-1, 190-pound kid he didn’t recognize. Perry approached him about playing football; Adindu was more interested in soccer. After some convincing, Adindu wound up playing junior varsity football as a junior on the defensive line. UTfish, tejasrulz, DBut82 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DBut82 1,222 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 Just read this. What an awesome story! Congratulations young man! UTfish and echeese 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Huskie1 681 Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 If that doesn’t make your eyes moist, something is wrong with you. Tax Saver and echeese 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drb522 316 Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Somebody is cutting onions in here. Stop it echeese 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tejasrulz 3,070 Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 Great story! Here hoping nothing but the best for this young man! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tax Saver 42 Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 Someone get a hold of Mr Beast...if ever anybody DESERVES something it's this guy. Of course, he's going places regardless because he's not letting ANYTHING get in his way. God bless him echeese, Bear19 and UT1983 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
texasdalton 1,385 Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 Man, that is special. echeese 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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