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13 - ERIC LEGRAND

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Artie Lange

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Artie interviews former Rutgers Defensive Tackle Eric LeGrand who was paralyzed from the neck down during a game in October of 2010 and has since become an inspiration to thousands. Artie is joined by Mike Bocchetti. Presented by TheComicsGym.com

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0:00.0

Hey, it's already Lang's halfway house. My co-host Mike Bochetti. What's up, Mikey? Hey,

0:19.6

hey, guys. Hey, you doing all right? Very, very good. Very, very good. Very, very

0:22.8

good. Very, very good. This, this is a, to me, a special

0:25.7

lesson episode gets. I got a guy on who is a fellow Jersey brother of mine. And as

0:31.9

inspirational as a story can get, there's no way not to smile when you, when you

0:36.2

think of this guy. And I've always wanted to meet him and talk to him. And that's

0:41.2

of course, Eric LaGrant. Is it LaGron LaGrant? LaGrant? LaGrant? Eric LaGrant.

0:45.6

Eric Wilson. Eric. Thank you. Eric. Eric is from Woodbridge,

0:50.0

New Jersey, and he went to play football at, at Rutgers. You got a full scholarship?

0:55.3

I did get a full scholarship. And you were an offensive lineman. Oh, defense.

0:59.0

Defensive. That's more fun. Exactly. It's more of a rock star position. Exactly.

1:04.3

I'm not playing down in the trenches down there. I, and you know, you know, was

1:08.2

getting enough credit that we deserve, but the D-line is where it's at. Right.

1:11.8

These defensive tackles, so, you know, which is a dream. And I mean, Jersey's big

1:16.2

with football. I don't just big a little bit of country, but I'm from Union,

1:19.0

which is right next to Woodbridge. And we were always a powerhouse when I went

1:22.8

to high school in the 80s for football. And so you're playing in a game,

1:29.3

October 2010 against army at MetLife Stadium and making a tackle. You,

1:37.7

you become a quadriplegic. Yeah. I mean, you know, which is, I mean, again,

1:42.1

but that's that's one of the nightmare things going to happen in football.

1:45.6

Describe what happens. So describe the play and everything. I mean,

1:48.8

yeah, I'll take you guys to it. October 16, 2010, we're playing at MetLife Stadium.

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