Brock Mealer’s story has been told in front of sellout crowds at Michigan Stadium and on television screens around the country. On Thursday, he’ll tell it once more at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
The brother of former Michigan offensive lineman Elliott Mealer, Brock was once told he had just a 1% chance of walking again after a 2007 car crash that killed his father and Elliott’s girlfriend.
Paralyzed from the waist down, Brock hit his rehab head-on, even spending the summer of 2010 training with Michigan’s strength and conditioning staff. He eventually overcame the odds to walk again and led Michigan out of the tunnel before its 2010 season opener.