The NFL Hall of Fame induction ceremony is generally a chance for the greatest players to ever lace them up to remind you how great they are. For former Frog LaDainian Tomlison Saturday night, it was about so much more than that.
LT’s speech was universally lauded, and if you didn’t get to watch it in full, be sure to catch a replay on NFL.com. But, at the very least, check out the last five minutes or so. Tomlinson told a moving and powerful story about his great-great-great grandfather, in which his ancestor was sold into slavery and given the last name of his owner before making a life for himself.