I was absolutely a hometown hero back in my day. I lived in a town where football was everywhere. The food was shaped as football, the classes being taught were all about football, and the whole town loved football. For a town that loved football so much, we were pretty god awful at football which was fun. I played tight end and defensive end, where I went for 3,000 yards and 50 sacks. We went 1-11 that season but that one win was super fun! In college, I got almost no playing time, as my coach realized I was only putting up gaudy stats because I was a foot taller and 300 pounds heavier than the people I was playing against. His final season he got to play and had 1 catch for -4 yards in the biggest game of the season, losing the game for the team. It is so fun to be a hometown hero!
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