Eric LeGrand, Former Rutgers Player Talks Life Changing Football Injury & His Life Now

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🗓️ 13 January 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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0:00.0	We're here with Eric Legrand in his coffee shop
0:02.4	and a couple of weeks ago, right before the
0:05.1	Dumar Hamlin situation, we sat down with Eric
0:07.6	and we went through his amazing journey, his amazing story
0:10.8	and also we listened to his positivity
0:13.6	and about who he is now as opposed to the dreams
0:16.9	that he felt were shattered when he laid on the field.
0:19.7	I want to get with him about what he felt
0:21.6	when he saw Dumar Hamlin laying down
0:23.4	because Eric, like no other person we've spoken to,
0:26.6	has a unique perspective on what he saw
0:29.8	on what he felt and what Dumar Hamlin and his family
0:32.9	can be going through.
0:34.1	It's Monday night, we're all super excited
0:36.8	about the Cincinnati Bangle Buffalo Bill's game.
0:39.6	Maybe some people were watching the Rutgers,
0:41.3	but I'm not sure if anybody was other than you.
0:44.8	But you see Dumar Hamlin fall to the turf
0:47.5	after making what looked like a routine play.
0:50.1	Stefan Diggs is now in tears.
0:52.0	Josh Allen and Joe Burrow are hugging
0:54.4	Chodavia's white is crying, being consoled
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