Defensive end James Houston might be a well-known name to Detroit Lions fans today, but that wasn’t always the case.
While hosting a youth football camp at his alma mater Jackson State this week, Houston shared his up-and-down journey in Detroit to kids aged anywhere from five to 10 years old in hopes it inspires them to persevere in their own pursuits.
“My story is an underdog story, right?” Houston said, reports J.T. Keith of the Mississippi Clarion Ledger. “I feel there are a lot of people in the world that have everything kind of going against them.