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Farther Than He Could See
11/6/2026 10:00:00 AM | Football
Guided by his father, Marcellius Pulliam found his path and a reason to give back.
His father wanted him to understand what staying could mean.
In Lansing, Michigan, Pulliam had friends he'd grown up playing football with, boys who slept at his house and welcomed him into theirs. He also saw young people getting caught up in trouble and gun violence. His father wanted him to move to Georgia and live with an older sister he barely knew.
"My dad told me, if you stay here and end up falling short, or you stay here and end up falling in the wrong crowd or doing the wrong things, you ain't helping nobody," Pulliam said. "He wanted me to go just for better."