Growing up in Connecticut, Dwight Freeney’s dad used to coach him in basketball.
It wasn't an easy job.
“I used to get called for traveling all the time. I’d get the ball in post, do my little drop step, get called for traveling all day. I didn’t think I traveled. So, I couldn’t really do the basketball thing,” he said.
But those skills transferred well into football.
“I got on the football field and the coach was like, ‘I don’t care how you get there – just get there. Just make the guy miss.