Brian Banks

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/brian-banks-takes-next-step-ufl-151055010--nfl.html


Brian banks was supposed to be an all american line backer at USC and to go into the NFL, but instead he spent 5 years in jail because he was falsy accused of rape at the age of 16. not only did he have to spend 5 years of his life in prison but he also had to be on probation for 5 years. now he gets to follow his dreams and pursue a career playing professional football and is going to play with the las vegas locos of the united football league. after this the Kansas City Chiefs San Diego Chargers, Washington Redskins and Seattle Seahawks, whose head coach, Pete Carroll, had received a verbal commitment to USC from Banks a decade before. 

"I didn't even know if I was going to have a number, a jersey…I didn't know what to expect when I first got here," Banks said. "I got to my locker and saw there was a jersey in it — number 43. And I just wanted to take a picture of it just for myself. It's just amazing to see my name on the back of it. It's an honor to be taken serious and to be given this opportunity." -Banks

Even though he went through a lot, he never gave up on what he believed in. He worked hard and now he's going places, he's doing what he needs to do to be happy in life.