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Washington Football Legends Donates Rehab Equipment To Paralyzed Georgetown Linebacker

It doesn’t take long to be inspired by Tyrell Williams.

The Georgetown linebacker, who became paralyzed after a catastrophic collision during the first game of the 2015 season, sat up straight in his wheelchair, surrounded by family, friends, teammates, his head coach, and then a bunch of cameras, and smiled.

“This is my reality right now, this isn’t going to be my reality for the future,” he said. “This is not what I’m meant to do. I’m not meant to sit in this chair. So the plan is to get out of it. I’m going to get out of it.