From last pick to starter, linebacker to rehab, painkillers to Performance Vault, David Vobora has experienced it all. But it isn’t his accomplishments and his failures that wrote his story, it’s what happened between those times that shaped his life. Vobora was the last pick in the 2008 NFL draft. The St. Louis Rams invited …
Frank Gore is a 2012 NFC champion and five-time Pro Bowler who just completed four straight seasons with over 1,000 yards rushing in his starting position as running back for the San Francisco 49ers. Why should someone who has already had so much professional success be profiled here? Quite simply, he personifies the term “undefeated” and the characteristics that are almost always associated with it … hard work, determination, resilience, accountability and commitment, to name a few.
When Malcolm Butler made that dramatic goal line interception in the final minute of Super Bowl XLIX, it turned out to be more than a game-winning play. Butler would later describe it as a dream play, but it was more than that, it was an inspiration for two West Alabama draft hopefuls.
