Ziegler: Zamir White’s Adversities Only Make Him Stronger
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A lot of players deal with adversity in the NFL.
The Raiders' fourth round, 122nd overall draft pick, running back Zamir White from Georgia, has faced adversity all his life.
White was born with a cleft lip and cleft palate among other health issues. He was originally given two weeks to live.
Then in high school during his senior season, he tore his right ACL. He still managed to be the No. 1 running back out of high school.
White would go on to tear his left ACL at Georgia.
In no way has White had it easy. But that only makes him an even stronger candidate to succeed in today’s NFL.
“Well, I think that one thing that is an attractive trait is when you have people who went through different transitions in life and have had to go through different adversities in life and have come out the other end and have succeeded, those are positive traits, whether that's people that we add to our staff or people that you add to our football team,” Raiders General Manager Dave Ziegler said at the post-draft press conference.
“Because this business, right, there's a lot of adversity in this business. There's a lot of ups and downs when it comes to being a professional athlete or being a coach or just being the football business in itself.
“If you've experienced some of those things and you've dealt with them in an appropriate way and your emotional intelligence -- you showed high emotional intelligence to be able to handle those things, I think those are indicators that you can handle the grinds and ups and downs that come with becoming a professional athlete or working in professional sports.
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