For the rare lucky ones out there, when they give up football, football doesn’t give up on them.
Haig Abnous thought he was through, thought the game was through for him. He’d willed himself into four more years of football after walking on at cornerback for Mike Stoops and Arizona in 2007 following his high school career at Danville, California’s San Ramon High School.
He wanted it so bad, just one more day, another practice, but tryouts proved fruitless.
He was lost.
Then, he was found, by renowned agent Jeff Sperbeck, off an assist from, of all people, NBA legend Chris Mullin.