Motivation, Unlikely Mentor Fuel Always Underrated Allen Hurns’ Rise to Stardom

November 6, 2015   ·   Brad Gagnon   ·   Jump to comments

Moments before the start of every game, Allen Hurns dons his headphones for about five quiet minutes at his stall in the Jacksonville Jaguars dressing room. The second-year wide receiver hits the play button and listens intently to the famous "inch by inch" speech delivered by Al Pacino's character in the Hollywood hit Any Given Sunday.
It's fitting, really, for a player who nearly saw his football career go up in flames before it started when a torn meniscus cost him his senior season at Miami's Carol City High. A player who battled injuries throughout his college career, and wasn't drafted despite big numbers in his senior season at the University of Miami. A player who might never have achieved any of this had his single mother not pushed him and his brother to stay straight while growing up in a neighborhood capable of swallowing them.
Allen Hurns has had to fight for every inch. 
A 23-year-old man of few words, and seemingly immune to the sensationali...

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