It’s a typical school day afternoon in 2007 for middle schoolers Deandre Burnett and Dalvin Cook. The two brothers are walking home from Carol City Middle School together, just as they always do.
They’re eager to get to the corner of 183rd and 37th avenue to their home of eight in Miami Gardens in Miami, Florida. Once they arrive, they’ll grab a football and head out to the yard.
“We played football all day every day. That’s all we did. We’d get in trouble for playing in the house, everything,” Deandre said.
They are just a year apart, Deandre the older brother.