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ATLANTA — Myles Sims hated football the first few times he played it.
Even 6-and-under pee-wee football in Georgia was serious. Sims, playing quarterback, "got smashed" in his first practice.
“I would cry every practice,” Sims recalled Thursday. “The first game, I’m at quarterback, they snapped the ball and I ran all the way back and gave the other team a touchdown.”
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Sims wasn’t interested, but his father, Merrick, wanted him to play.
As he grew physically, Sims gave it a chance and tried defense.