Dr. Shawn Eagle

And, you know, I was like, what did I do here at first?

And then I kind of fell into it.

You know, I got invested in changing the program to ways.

We were very middle of the road for a long time, and now they're consistently in the top end of their conference, which is something I'm proud of because...

I helped, at least from a student-athlete perspective, lend my recommendations to a board that hired the coach that coached my senior year and is still there.

His name is Jack Hadam.

A great guy.

But in terms of how football led me here, my senior year in camp, I had a...

Pretty severe AC joint separation in my shoulder.

I was out for six or seven weeks of my senior year, and I'm not going pro.

That's all you get.

So I had at least six games.

I was captain of the team.

I was really upset about that, but I focused on getting better and setting up a plan so that I could come back and make the most of the last three or four games.

And I put on my helmet when I was coming back.

went out to practice that first time back, had a head-to-head collision, and got a concussion.

I realized after the fact that nobody, including myself, had thought to blow up the air in the pockets of the helmet for the last seven weeks.

And maybe that was what happened, but...

I struggled a lot with that.

I was going to miss at least another game.