Hey I'm John Gordon. I'm here with Positive University and my guest today is Inky Johnson.

Inky, you are one of my favorite speakers on the planet.

We've shared the stage a few times. I know your story but a lot of people may not know your story.

Take us back to where you grew up and

So first and foremost, man, it's an honor to be on, you know, you're one of my favorite people in the world. But I grew up in the city Atlanta, you know, to a mother at 16 years old, two bedroom home of 14 people on the east side of Atlanta in its neighborhood by the name of Kirkwood. You know, and this drug-infested, violence, crime, you name it, we had it.

And as a kid, you know, I had this dream to make it to the NFL, you know, that was the only

thing I wanted to do because I felt as if if I could accomplish that you know I can help my family

And so when did you start playing football what age?

I started at seven years old at this league called Fitzgerald Field and I had some great coaches you know that helped

me out man and geared me in the right

direction you know that pretty much shifted the trajectory of my life and

things started to go really well you know God have blessed me with some ability and

I could play you know multiple positions and people saw

very early that I had a chance at you know making it to the collegiate level and

probably beyond that and so I got blessed with a scholarship

to the University of Tennessee

and things started going really well.

And I came into my junior year

and I was being viewed as an NFL prospect.

And so things were looking up for me in my second game.

You know, I went out, I made a tackle against Air Force,

fourth quarter, two minutes left in the game,

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