Jabaal Sheard Inspires Students To Make The Grade

Jabaal Sheard is living his dream - playing in the National Football League. But for him, real success is helping other people achieve their dreams. And he's starting with middle school students.

Growing up in Hollywood Hills, Florida, middle school was a trying time for Colts linebacker Jabaal Sheard.

“I was teetering back and forth – did I want to do well in school or did I not?” he said.

Eventually, sports helped him decide.

“I started running track and started trying to play every sport,” he said. “It helped me improve my academics because you had to have a certain GPA to play. I saw kids that didn’t play sports and they had no motivation at home.”

Sheard was fortunate. He had the motivation…