Nick Stevens may have never played football if he didn’t take matters into his own hands.
Colorado State’s 2015 opening day starter developed an early interest for the game which he was solely responsible for; not his father, Matt, or older brother, Jake. He wanted to play, but it wasn’t that easy.
He asked his parents several times, and his mother, Stacy, refused to take the chance of him getting hurt. She wanted to see him focus that drive into baseball, which he also played.
But Stevens remained persistent.
Knowing it would require a drastic measure, he approached his mother in fifth grade and offered to fund the football fees himself if she would finally be willing to give him her blessing.