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Eric Ebron: ‘The Only Thing That Motivated Me Was Failure’

Eric Ebron is a guy who has seriously toyed with the ‘first-round bust’ label. Perhaps one of the biggest reasons that he has been able to avoid it is because of his biggest motivator: failure. After a fairly pedestrian four-year career with the Detroit Lions, during which he averaged 47 catches for 218 yards and fewer than three touchdowns per season, he signed with the Indianapolis Colts in 2018, and his game took off to another level.

That year, working with Andrew Luck, he had a breakout, Pro Bowl year, catching 66 passes for 750 yards and 13 touchdowns.