After reading the discussion question about failure, and since this weekend has been packed with sports, I feel compelled to briefly share the story of my favorite ex Penn State football player. His name is Ethan Kilmer. Many fans might not even recognize this name. He did, however, make the game winning catch in the Orange Bowl in 2005. He also was responsible for more than 80% of the tackles on kickoffs. Now that we might remember number 43, lets take a look at his athletic career. In high school Ethan tried out for his high school basketball team but was cut because he was not athletic enough (according to his coach). Not much is known about what exactly he did to improve, but I’m sure lots of hard work went into him walking on the Shippensburg University Track & Field Team. Two years later he walked on to the Penn State football team. After playing almost 5 different positions, he was drafted in the 2006 draft and is now an active player for the Cincinnati Bengals. It just blows my mind to see how someone can go from not even being able to sit the bench for a lackluster high school basketball team to making thousands of dollars starting defense and special teams for a NFL team.
Ethan Kilmer is the man
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