His was a debut like no other in NFL history.
He wowed the scouting combine, and said: “Don’t set limits on me.”
In the spring he became the first one-handed player drafted into the modern NFL. By September the extraordinary linebacker was starting his first game in the league, for the Seahawks, a few yards in front of his brother. They became the first twins to start as teammates in the NFL since Earl and Myrl Goodwin, on offense with the 1928 Pottsville Maroons.
He inspired different-limbed athletes and people from all over the world.