Becoming a parent as a teenager, when you are still a child and haven’t yet found your path in life, is an unexpected and scary experience.
Sometimes, though, the things we think are scary and might derail us turn out to be the things that bring us joy and drive us to be better.
That has certainly been the case for Darius Alexander, the Toledo defensive tackle drafted in the third round (No. 65 overall) by the New York Giants over the weekend.
Alexander, now 24, is raising a 6-year-old son named Messiah.
“That experience right there, I wouldn’t change that for the world.