Rennie Curran – Inspiration and the Pursuit of Dreams

The Levity Ball

By DeVon Hyman

April 25, 2013 at 11:20 am

Thirteen years removed from his first encounter with the game that would change his life. Becoming his greatest passion, and calling, the game of football has defined Rennie Curran in a lot of ways; while bringing him his greatest joys, and accomplishments it has taught him his greatest lessons. Awakened to a feeling of emptiness and ouster, some would say Rennie Curran stood before the world a man stripped of his identity. So they thought.  What would take place afterwards was the byproduct of great soul searching. A proud man, a proud athlete, A proud role model. Those are some of the qualifications bestowed upon this decisive young man. His recent release of his debut novel, Free Agent, is one for the age; a depiction of a man. One who defies the odds, the stereotypes, and takes very seriously, his blessings.  I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with the former Tennessee Titan, and Tampa Bay Buccaneer, one of the prides of Gwinnett County, GA.  In our discussion everything that is Rennie Curran was unveiled. In arguably one of his most candid hours since the pages of Free Agent were released, Rennie Curran sheds light on his perspective on life, football, his transition to the literary world, and more.

Congratulations on all your success thus far it must be a great feeling to witness all of your dreams come to fruition, as a professional football player. Tell us about you love affair with athletics, how far back you can remember the NFL being your ultimate goal?

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The first time I touched a football I was about 10 years old. I was playing in my neighborhood with some older kids who were a lot bigger than I was, but from time to time they would let me play.  On those occasions, I was surprised at first but after a while I learned that I had certain abilities, and was actually pretty good. A little while later, in my teens, my family moved to Snellville which is in Gwinnett County. I grew up about 45 minutes outside of Atlanta, and that’s where I started playing little league football. My coach at the time took me to a High School Football game, and I fell in love with the atmosphere.  From that point on, I knew that football was my passion, and the NFL was my ultimate goal.

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