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![]() “For a very long
time, I had to assume this identity of being a football player,” he says. Miller learned to
compartmentalize his athletic identity alongside his own widespread interests,
but it wasn’t easy. “It felt like every time I went home, I had to take off my
skin and hop into another piece of flesh,” he says. Still, Miller
performed well on the football field, starting six games for the Buckeyes in
2020, and leading NFL agents to project him to someday be an early-round NFL
draft pick. “My football
responsibility increased, and therefore the expectations of others and the
largeness of that character I had to play increased,” Miller says..... Bethany`s Notes: Sometimes a long time commitment to sports is not what is best for those at the highest level. Yet their stories can be impactful and hopefully society can empathize with the tough decision that was made. | ||
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