Ha Ha Clinton-Dix's ascendance to his status as one of the NFL's best safeties is even more impressive in the context of his focus outside the Green Bay Packers.
For the third-year player, that focus seems more important after each police-involved shooting that sends the country into a spiral of racial tension.
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Clinton-Dix, 23, left Alabama before his senior season to enter the 2014 NFL Draft, where Green Bay selected him in the first round. He left before he could finish his degree in criminal justice.