In a column posted on ESPN, Michael Wallace went deep inside the mind of Tony Allen, the Memphis Grizzlies' defensive superstar. Arguably the most interesting part of the story came courtesy of a quote from Will Bynum:
Tony Allen played high school football under a fake name until he got too good


I moved in with him to make sure he was going to class. So during the offseason, to keep him out of trouble, they had him playing football. The thing is, he got real good in football and started scoring touchdowns. But he was ineligible. So they put his name down as Antonio Brown, so he could play. He had, like, six touchdowns in a game and was in the newspaper. And all these college coaches would come to our school, like, ‘Who is this 6-4 tight end?’ At some point, he had to stop playing because he was scoring too much and getting too much attention.
I wish I was good enough at anything that I had to stop playing.
(h/t @ChrisVernonShow)











