TEMPE, Ariz. -- Manny Wilkins has stared down far greater challenges than the game of football can devise. Wilkins' dad, Manny Wilkins Sr., died of a drug overdose when Manny was 10.
"He cried a lot, like any other kid would," Manny's uncle Chris Casanovas said, "but a big, telling moment came when he stood up to eulogize his dad in front of all these people.
"It's not something I would have necessarily chosen for a 10 year old. His lip quivered and there were tears, but he stood up there and he talked about his dad.