Growing up it was easy to see who Dominic Verns saw as a hero on the gridiron. His first jersey, the first football card he framed, the first player he wanted to grow up to become just like - Brian Urlacher. Growing up in Chicago gave Dom plenty of chances to go see his idol in person. He loved his tenacity, his natural leadership, but most of all his innate ability to make impact plays and turn the tide of a game. Now as a player in the NSFL, Verns has even gone on record that he tries to model his game off the legendary Bear. Though not a full transition, Verns too has made the jump from safety to linebacker, though only in certain packages. Most saw Urlacher make the complete change when Chicago selected him out of New Mexico in 2000 NFL Draft. Verns even initially considered going to New Mexico himself to follow the footsteps, but eventually deciding to attend Notre Dame hoping for more exposure. At last year's NSFL Awards Gala Dominic was introduced to a former conditioning coach of Urlacher’s and they were able to set up a co-training session. Dom was all smiles when asked how the training went - “I’ll tell you what, he could still be playing, I shit you not. I’m still a bit sore and that workout was two weeks ago.”
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