Since 1963, thousands have been nominated, 295 have been selected in recognition of valuing the five most important characteristics of sports throughout their football career; commitment, integrity, courage, respect and excellence. Fourteen years of living his dream playing football, countless hours of each day, hard work turning into gallons of sweat. And for what? A career gone to waist? Sixteen lives never the same, 4 states left with scars? Twenty thousand dollars and eighteen years in prison? Darren Sharper had the life millions dream of, and he made the choice to throw it all away. Darren Sharper was a NFL hero, he earned his first super bowl ring when the New Orleans saints defeated the Indianapolis colts in super bowl XLIV. Sharper played as a part of three NFL teams, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, and New Orleans Saints, participating in a total of fourteen seasons.
Darren Sharper was a second round pick onto the Green Bay Packers team at age 22, before which he played college ball for the College of William and Mary. Sharper dedicated his entire life to get to the level he had been. “It 's just knowing that you can do it and believing in what you do” (Darren Sharper- www.sucesstories.com). Football was what he was known …show more content…
Their stories are reported similarly. The women would somehow come in contact with Sharper and agree to have a drink, whether it be at a restaurant, club or Sharpers house. Sharper would then proceed to drug the he served them alcohol with such excessive amounts that the women would black out. There is no pattern or conclusion as to how Sharper chose his victims. Sometimes it would be multiple women at once, it was even proven he would drug their boyfriends and leave them hidden while he took the women. The women would wake up either in a club by themselves or entangled on Sharpers bed with very little to no recollection of the
Darren Sharper was a second round pick onto the Green Bay Packers team at age 22, before which he played college ball for the College of William and Mary. Sharper dedicated his entire life to get to the level he had been. “It 's just knowing that you can do it and believing in what you do” (Darren Sharper- www.sucesstories.com). Football was what he was known …show more content…
Their stories are reported similarly. The women would somehow come in contact with Sharper and agree to have a drink, whether it be at a restaurant, club or Sharpers house. Sharper would then proceed to drug the he served them alcohol with such excessive amounts that the women would black out. There is no pattern or conclusion as to how Sharper chose his victims. Sometimes it would be multiple women at once, it was even proven he would drug their boyfriends and leave them hidden while he took the women. The women would wake up either in a club by themselves or entangled on Sharpers bed with very little to no recollection of the