Life can come at you hard sometimes, but Cincinnati Bengals right tackle Orlando Brown Jr. is prepared for just about anything.
Brown lost his father, who was an outstanding NFL player in his own right, to complications of diabetic ketoacidosis when the younger Brown was only 15 years old.
The loss forced Brown Jr. to care for his younger brother, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when Brown was just nine. But he turned those experiences into fuel for a fire that continues to burn strong.
“I’m someone that’s dealt with a lot of different traumatic experiences in my life and my career,” Brown said in a recent article in People’s Magazine.