UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - A leader. A fighter. An ambassador. All describe former Penn State Football student-athlete Adam Taliaferro, who has more than overcome tremendous odds to thrive after sustaining a career-ending spinal cord injury 16 years ago.
His courageous story doesn't simply involve a devastating injury and a miraculous recovery. Rather, where Taliaferro's story lives on, is within the lives of those he has been able to change in the years following his own life altering experience.
Flash back to September 1, 2001, when Taliaferro, who just 11 months prior had faced the unthinkable, led the Penn State team on to the field at Beaver Stadium in front of a record crowd of 109,313 joyous and emotional fans for the season opener against Miami (Fla.