FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Tyler Allgeier wrapped up workouts each day before his freshman year at BYU and ordered an Uber. Instead of heading home, though, the running back needed to go somewhere else.
He needed to go to work.
Allgeier spent his first couple of months in Provo, Utah training to push defenders out of the way in the morning and at a local Walmart in the afternoon, pushing shopping carts around the parking lot.
It was a way for Allgeier to help pay college bills and earn himself a little bit of money as a non-scholarship player -- a long way away from where he is now as the Atlanta Falcons leading rusher as a rookie.