Soft-spoken and always smiling, Bobby Wagner seems like a bona fide NFL star who still remembers how fortunate he is to be paid good money to play a game.
I doubt there are many pro athletes more genuinely humble than Wagner. And few who seem more gentle-spirited as they go about their job of delivering dread and discomfort.
It was interesting, then, a couple years ago when the Seahawks’ defense had emerged as big news in the NFL, that the middle linebacker stressed a point about professional recognition at the start of a training camp.
Yes, the Legion of Boom secondary deserved every bit of attention it received.