At one point, Devin McCourty’s NFL dreams seemed so far off that he would joke about representing his twin brother Jason and their friends as an agent.
One moment that stuck out and gave McCourty an extra dose of motivation was when Boston College came to his house on a recruiting visit.
The Eagles offered Jason a scholarship. There wasn’t one for Devin.
McCourty sat in his bedroom and listened through the paper-thin walls of his trailer home while headcoach Tom O’Brien recruited his brother in the living room.
“They’re talking about how life is going to be at BC,” McCourty said.