Today is Nov. 6, a day that the Arizona Cardinals and Arizona State University communities continues to have a special place in their hearts as it would have been the 47th birthday of American war hero, Pat Tillman.
A Fremont, California native, Tillman received a football scholarship from ASU and began his college career as a linebacker in 1994.
There, Tillman would be the Pac-12 conference’s Defensive Player of the Year in 1997.
After he graduated in marketing as a Sun Devil, Tillman was drafted by the Cardinals with the 226th selection in the seventh round of the 1998 NFL Draft.