Emmanuel Acho
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I proceed to run.
I hear pop, pop, pop.
I keep running.
I think my heels are clicking.
Pop, pop, pop.
I clutch my quad, I fall to the ground.
It was my quad being torn off the bone.
I rip my quad off the bone, I'm falling to the ground in agony in front of these 32 billionaires.
I didn't get drafted in the first three rounds of the NFL draft.
I made a decision that day, in that moment,
to stop setting goals.
My self-esteem, ruined.
Self-efficacy, ruined.
That last year of my life seemingly gone to waste because I had one goal, y'all.
It was simple, be drafted in the first three rounds.
Then I tore my quad and it all fell apart.
What I failed to mention thus far is why I tore my quad.
Two days prior at the NFL Combine, I weighed in at 240 pounds.
In the NFL, the bigger you are, the better.
But as you all know, weight, it don't move all that fast.