RGIII:
“The future is Unlimited”
Robert
Griffin III (RGIII) is the quarterback of the Washington Redskins. He could be the most athletically gifted
quarterback that the NFL has seen up to date, but what is really impressive
about this kid is his work ethic. RGIII
has been playing multiple sports by the age of 7, including football. His father, Robert Griffin II, had preached
to him to do well in school as well as all sports.
RGIII
was born on a military base in Japan, as he comes from a military family. He left from Japan around the age of three,
and at age seven him and his family settled in Texas. That was where he started playing and
focusing mostly on football. Griffin III
also did track and field as a sport on the side, but his main love was
football. In 2003, when the US invaded
Iraq, his father was sent to the Middle-East.
RGIII was told about this on his thirteenth birthday at four in the
morning. His father told him he had to
be the man of the house. This had a huge
effect on him as he tried harder at both sports and school. His father came back six months later,
fortunately. The hard work in high
school paid off for RGIII, as he not only finished seventh overall in GPA for
his grade, but he also had multiple scholarship offers in colleges, including
Stanford.
RGIII
obviously didn’t go to Stafford as he had a highly respectable career at Baylor.
When asked about why he didn’t choose Stanford he replied, “Talent respects
Talent.” He knew Andrew Luck was already a commit there and felt that it wouldn’t
have benefited either of them to battle out for the starter position. His decision ended up being a great one as he
started his freshmen year at Baylor.
Sophomore year he had a setback though.
He completely tore his ACL and was not able to play all year. His rehab was intense, even before he could
walk. His father would take him onto the
field and have him sit down to throw to him.
Hard work and dedication got him back out on the field to be the duel
threat quarterback that he is. All the
Hard work paid off too as RGIII won the Heisman trophy after his senior
year. After winning, RGIII did not party;
he went to the gym with his fiancé, as he continued his hard work and
dedication all the way up to the draft.
All the
way up to the draft it was well known that the Redskins had made a huge trade
in order to acquire RGIII. On the way up
to the draft, scouts had plenty of negative things to say about RGIII. He kept a clear head and let the people
around him fix that for him. When the
draft came, he was drafted second overall to the Redskins.
I feel
that RGIII is a great Mythical fit to
the American Dream. He may have been born in Japan, but he came
to America with the will to play football.
He could have gone to the Olympics for the hurdles but decided to go to
college for football. His mind and heart
were set, and his hard work and dedication got him there. RGIII has a Superbowl in his future in my
opinion. Hope he has a speedy recovery
from him second ACL tear.
