FAYETTEVILLE — Brian and Nanci Early weren’t thinking about the football potential for the 14-year-old kid they were preparing to invite into their home.
They just wanted to see little Dre Greenlaw get a shot at a stable family life after he had spent six years as a ward of the state, bouncing from foster homes to boy’s homes.
Fate put Greenlaw in Fayetteville while Brian Early was serving as the defensive coordinator at Fayetteville High School from 2009-2012.
Good fortune seems to have linked Greenlaw to the Earlys and their daughters, AJ and Camryn. And the bond is now official.