One summer night after his sophomore year of college, Collin Saring's life changed forever. He spent two and half months in the hospital with a brain infection and was in a coma for two weeks.
When he finally came out of it, his mind had regressed to the state of a child. He needed to re-learn everything -- how to walk, how to talk, and how to go to the bathroom on his own.
Today, Collin Saring is a professional arena football quarterback for the Gulf Coast Fire. This is his story.
SHOW NOTES
[4:01] Why Collin Saring's football career didn't start until 7th grade[
[10:55] Taking advantage of a career-changing opportunity
[14:17] What it was like being teammates (and rivals) with future NFL players
[21:05] A late start to the recruiting process and how mental toughness carries you through adversity
[32:45] Sticking around to train through the summer and the night that changed everything
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