Caylin Moore, Former TCU Football Player - From Compton to Oxford
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4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2019
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Episode 309
Caylin Louis Moore should be dead, in prison or stalking the streets of Compton with fellow gang members. Instead, at age 24, he’s a Rhodes Scholar, author, speaker, husband, father and role model for children deprived of hope in downtrodden communities, while at the same time illuminating the seemingly static barriers the youth may face every day.
Football and faith played a big role in Moore’s life and eventually led him to Ft. Worth, Texas, to play Division I football at Texas Christian University.
Moore’s first book, “A Dream Too Big: The Story of an Improbable Journey from Compton to Oxford” (Nelson Books, June 2019), recounts his exodus from one of the most impoverished, gang-infested communities in the United States to the elite spires of Oxford, England.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Moore about his difficult childhood, growing up in Compton, escaping the gangs and drugs to become a college football player, and then eventually a Rhodes Scholar. This is a powerful story that will surely inspire you.
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| 1:11.8 | Today on the podcast, I'm really excited to bring to you guys the story of |
| 1:16.4 | Kylin Moore. His new book is called A Dream Too Big, the story of an improbable journey |
| 1:22.8 | from Compton to Oxford. And by all means, Kylean Moore should be dead in prison or stalking the streets of Compton to Oxford. And by all means, Kyle and Moore should be dead in prison |
| 1:29.4 | or stalking the streets of Compton |
| 1:31.4 | with his fellow gang members. |
| 1:33.0 | Instead, this guy is a road scholar, |
| 1:35.8 | an author, a speaker, and a role model |
| 1:37.9 | for every kid who is deprived of hope |
| 1:40.3 | and downtrodden communities. |
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