Denver Native (Carol)
09-19-2018, 09:04 AM
DENVER — All Phillip Lindsay wants to be for the kids who were at West High School’s Tuesday-afternoon football practice is Willis McGahee.
As Lindsay approached the practice field at Sunken Gardens Park, ready to speak to the team, he recalled the impact that McGahee had on him in 2012, when he had an opportunity to touch a high-school student’s life, and Lindsay knew he could have that same effect six years later.
The situation was much different in 2012, but the end result could be the same.
Lindsay, fresh off surgery reconstructing his ACL after a devastating tear that ended his senior season at South High School, was at the lowest point of his life. His future in football was impossible to predict, and to him, the outlook didn’t seem bright.
And then he got a call from then-Broncos running back Willis McGahee.
rest - https://www.denverbroncos.com/news/how-phillip-lindsay-s-roots-guide-his-devotion-to-the-denver-community
As Lindsay approached the practice field at Sunken Gardens Park, ready to speak to the team, he recalled the impact that McGahee had on him in 2012, when he had an opportunity to touch a high-school student’s life, and Lindsay knew he could have that same effect six years later.
The situation was much different in 2012, but the end result could be the same.
Lindsay, fresh off surgery reconstructing his ACL after a devastating tear that ended his senior season at South High School, was at the lowest point of his life. His future in football was impossible to predict, and to him, the outlook didn’t seem bright.
And then he got a call from then-Broncos running back Willis McGahee.
rest - https://www.denverbroncos.com/news/how-phillip-lindsay-s-roots-guide-his-devotion-to-the-denver-community