Maurice Clarett has found a second life in sharing his first
It was a steamy summer night in College Station, Texas, the evening of June 23, but inside Texas A&M's Bright Football complex, the near triple-digit temperatures were the last thing on anyone's mind. The 100 or so players on the Aggies' roster sat in silence as Coach Kevin Sumlin introduced the guest speaker.
Everyone knew Maurice Clarett's name, and the players who were too young to remember him leading Ohio State to a 2003 BCS National Championship game knew his story. They had all seen the 2013 documentary about his life; the one that chronicled his rise to college football stardom, the fall that landed him in prison, and his rise again.
To make sure there was no confusion about how good Clarett once was, A&M director of player development Mikado Hinson popped in a highlight tape from that 2002 season, showing Clarett gashing Miami on the way to the BCS title.
At that point, there was doubt in the players’ minds that Clarett was in fact a "real dude" (as Hinson had earlier told them), but when he got to the podium to speak, no one was exactly sure what he would say. Most assumed he would talk a little bit about football and maybe urge them not to make the same mistakes he did.
That's exactly how Clarett's speech opened. Then, it became much more complicated.
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