Kingdom Stories: Darron Lee
From his mother introducing him to the game of football after school one day as a kid, to scholarship offers to play quarterback in college and then a...
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Kingdom Stories goes beyond the white lines to have these players—in their own words—explain the challenges and adversities they overcame to get to the highest level of football in the world. From childhood through adolescence, high school and college, this is an intimate peak under the helmet and shines a light on a journey that now runs through Kansas City.
Kingdom Stories: Damien Wilson
From growing up in the tiny town of Gloster, Mississippi, which has less than a thousand people, to initially going to Alcorn State out of high school...
Kingdom Stories: Alex Okafor
Alex Okafor's father migrated to the United States from Nigeria when he was 19 years old to attend Grambling State University, and after meeting his f...
Kingdom Stories: Bashaud Breeland
Bashaud Breeland didn't have a relationship with his own father until he turned 16 years old, and now that _he's_ a father to a little girl, his entir...
Kingdom Stories: Juan Thornhill
Thornhill was a standout basketball player and quarterback in the small town of Altavista, Virginia, and despite the doubters who didn't think a kid f...
Kingdom Stories: Tyrann Mathieu
Tyrann Mathieu never had it easy growing up in the Fifth Ward of New Orleans. His father was in jail for murder and his mother left him to be raised b...
Kingdom Stories: Khalen Saunders
Saunders grew up in the St. Louis area in a diverse neighborhood and attended Parkway Central High School. He was a standout 285-pound running back in...
Kingdom Stories: Frank Clark
From growing up in the West Adams District of Los Angeles and having gangs shoot up the house he lived in with his single mother twice in less than a ...