Indianapolis Colts tight end Dwayne Allen would not be playing football today if it weren't for the football coach at the high school he attended stopping him in the hallway asking for his name.
Allen told Phil Richards of USA TODAY that he was approached by Terry Sanford High School's first-year football coach, Wayne Inman, early his freshman year.
Inman asked Allen if he played football. Allen told him no. Inman excused himself and then returned with a $10 bill, which he put in Allen's hand.
"Buy yourself a bag of dope," Inman told Allen, "or spend it on a physical and come on out for football."
Allen, who grew up without a father, said that day "Changed my life."
"I wish I could say the rest is history, but he raised me," Allen said. "He told me after my freshman campaign on J.V. I was going to be his tight end. He told me I could play in college, and not only could I play in college but I could play on Sundays.
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