FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Mother's Day always carries added significance for Atlanta Falcons rookie running back Brian Hill.
The fifth-round draft pick from Wyoming wouldn't have even made it to the NFL had his mother not persuaded him to play football as a child. Growing up in the crime-ridden city of East St. Louis, Illinois, Hill knew his mother insisting that he play football was to his benefit.
Tamara Scott, a nurse and single parent of four boys and one girl, awarded her sons with $5 for every touchdown and sack they recorded during youth football.