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Koren Robinson from cell to the NFL

by James on October 27th, 2007

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Koren returns to haul in passes

How many times as a young boy out in the yard, or maybe sitting in school while the teacher is droning on, have you dreamed of catching a pass in the NFL?

Ok, time to admit that you still dream about it while the boss is droning on or while taking a break at work.

You haul in the long pass and outrun the defender, then cross the goal line with a strong feeling of exultation. Then you go into your touchdown dance as the fans just go absolutely berserk, chanting your name and throwing their arms up in a touchdown motion.

Koren Robinson got to experience that for real and even had the legendary Brett Favre throwing him some passes in Lambeau field. It is like what football was meant to be.

Then Koren found himself in a 4′ by 6′ cell.

The NFL banned Robinson for a year for once again violating the league’s drug and alcohol policy as well as its personal conduct policy after he was arrested in Minnesota for drinking and driving and evading police. He was a repeat offender and seemingly another athlete who squandered talent we all wished God had blessed us with.

The year away from the NFL was the least of Robinson’s problems. The one-time rising star was incarcerated, sent to three different prisons to pay his debt to society. One day he’s catching passes from a man who is, in essence, Lou Gehrig in today’s sports world, the next he’s locked in a tiny cell facing punishment if he so much as talks past 10 p.m. source

Koren realized in jail that things were getting worse and there was no way of knowing what he would do, but it would probably be bad.

OK, Koren you were drinking, you were driving, maybe you would have hit somebody. Maybe you would have hurt somebody else, killed somebody else, killed yourself. I could have left people here mourning and crying all over your stupidity. They don’t deserve that. And if I would have hurt somebody or killed somebody, their family doesn’t deserve that. Over something I did, over me being selfish … that’s not right.

Koren has lied in the past saying he was over everything and it was all good. This time seems different, because jail woke him up and he now lives his life for God and has a rather large support group to with it.

I’ve got two counselors and I see them twice a week. Drug, alcohol counselors. I see a psychiatrist once a month. And then I take a drug where you can’t drink on it. If you drink on it, it makes you sick. (Robinson, by the way, admits he was supposed to take this drug in the past but did not and instead pretended he was adhering to it strictly. He claims this time he takes it religiously.) I do lab tests every two months too.

Koren wants his life to be an example to others, to show that one can make a mistake and still come back and do it right, that a second chance is worth everything.

No longer does Koren lie to others and no longer does Koren lie to himself.

Will it be easy? No.

Could he fail? Yes.

So what is different this time? One word, accountability.

This should be my last chance. And if I drop the ball this time, it’s my fault. Nobody else to blame. I step up and I take responsibility for everything that I’ve done. From this point on I take responsibility, I have to, I’m a man. I got to step up and be a man. I know what’s there for me and I can’t afford to drop the ball. I see what I got to lose, I see what I’ve got to gain and it’s right there in front of me. I just have to continue down that path and reach out and grab it and take it. Take what’s mine, take what God’s trying to give me.

Squibster has seen these sorts of things first hand and sometimes no matter how many times a person tries, he just ends up back in trouble. The difference is often shown in a change in attitude, an appreciation for life, and a strong support group.

Koren seems to have all three, plus Brett Favre throwing to him.

NFL Football Fan Question Will Koren stay clean?

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