Bo Eason
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So that's what I drew up a plan, a declaration that said I would be the best safety in 20 years because that's how long it was going to take me to grow up and be able to be drafted in the NFL as the top safety. So that's how my life began. That's how the dream of the declaration began. That was the genesis of it.
So that's what I drew up a plan, a declaration that said I would be the best safety in 20 years because that's how long it was going to take me to grow up and be able to be drafted in the NFL as the top safety. So that's how my life began. That's how the dream of the declaration began. That was the genesis of it.
And then along the way, all those years, so going through grammar school, going through high school, college and then eventually the pros, as you, as I look back, that, that actually came true. Like it came, my declaration of being the best safety actually came into existence, but so many years after I had written that declaration, so many years.
And then along the way, all those years, so going through grammar school, going through high school, college and then eventually the pros, as you, as I look back, that, that actually came true. Like it came, my declaration of being the best safety actually came into existence, but so many years after I had written that declaration, so many years.
And then along the way, all those years, so going through grammar school, going through high school, college and then eventually the pros, as you, as I look back, that, that actually came true. Like it came, my declaration of being the best safety actually came into existence, but so many years after I had written that declaration, so many years.
But the one thing that people always ask me about that particular declaration is, well, were you just great all the time? Were you just the best athlete in your school? And the answer is not even close. So all my buddies, it felt like to me, were better than me. They were bigger than me. They were faster than me.
But the one thing that people always ask me about that particular declaration is, well, were you just great all the time? Were you just the best athlete in your school? And the answer is not even close. So all my buddies, it felt like to me, were better than me. They were bigger than me. They were faster than me.
But the one thing that people always ask me about that particular declaration is, well, were you just great all the time? Were you just the best athlete in your school? And the answer is not even close. So all my buddies, it felt like to me, were better than me. They were bigger than me. They were faster than me.
So I always tell people all those years leading up to being named the best safety in the NFL, all those years leading up to it, It was like I had no evidence for my dream coming true. I had no feedback except from my family. They're like my brother, my dad, they saw it. A couple of people saw it, but almost no one else did. Almost no one else was going, yeah, Bo, you're really special.
So I always tell people all those years leading up to being named the best safety in the NFL, all those years leading up to it, It was like I had no evidence for my dream coming true. I had no feedback except from my family. They're like my brother, my dad, they saw it. A couple of people saw it, but almost no one else did. Almost no one else was going, yeah, Bo, you're really special.
So I always tell people all those years leading up to being named the best safety in the NFL, all those years leading up to it, It was like I had no evidence for my dream coming true. I had no feedback except from my family. They're like my brother, my dad, they saw it. A couple of people saw it, but almost no one else did. Almost no one else was going, yeah, Bo, you're really special.
You're going to make it. You're going to go all the way. So when I was playing in high school, I thought I was a good player. My brother thought he was a good player. And neither of us was recruited coming out of high school. So 350 colleges play college football, but nobody wrote us a letter. No one recruited us.
You're going to make it. You're going to go all the way. So when I was playing in high school, I thought I was a good player. My brother thought he was a good player. And neither of us was recruited coming out of high school. So 350 colleges play college football, but nobody wrote us a letter. No one recruited us.
You're going to make it. You're going to go all the way. So when I was playing in high school, I thought I was a good player. My brother thought he was a good player. And neither of us was recruited coming out of high school. So 350 colleges play college football, but nobody wrote us a letter. No one recruited us.
So then you think, well, God, I guess I'm not very good being that 350 colleges don't want me. The worst colleges don't want me, so I must be really bad. And it just didn't look like to the world that it was going to come true. But somehow, I knew that it was going to. I'm not sure how, but somehow I knew that if I just don't quit...
So then you think, well, God, I guess I'm not very good being that 350 colleges don't want me. The worst colleges don't want me, so I must be really bad. And it just didn't look like to the world that it was going to come true. But somehow, I knew that it was going to. I'm not sure how, but somehow I knew that if I just don't quit...
So then you think, well, God, I guess I'm not very good being that 350 colleges don't want me. The worst colleges don't want me, so I must be really bad. And it just didn't look like to the world that it was going to come true. But somehow, I knew that it was going to. I'm not sure how, but somehow I knew that if I just don't quit...
that this thing's going to come true because if I don't quit, I'm probably going to be the last safety standing and everyone else would have quit by then and I'll get to be that guy. So I'll pause right there, John, just to let you know if you want to follow up on anything or if you want to know more about like that journey, I'm happy to tell you more about it.
that this thing's going to come true because if I don't quit, I'm probably going to be the last safety standing and everyone else would have quit by then and I'll get to be that guy. So I'll pause right there, John, just to let you know if you want to follow up on anything or if you want to know more about like that journey, I'm happy to tell you more about it.
that this thing's going to come true because if I don't quit, I'm probably going to be the last safety standing and everyone else would have quit by then and I'll get to be that guy. So I'll pause right there, John, just to let you know if you want to follow up on anything or if you want to know more about like that journey, I'm happy to tell you more about it.