Shaquem Griffin
By: Bryce Hammack
“Shaquem Griffin with only one hand was the first player to be drafted by an NFL team, being selected to the Seattle Seahawks. The LB had his left hand amputated at 4 yrs old.” – Wikipedia, Shaquem Griffin
How does he play in the NFL? How does he use perseverance?
Even though he wasn’t invited to the 2018 NFL in the Combine he put up astonishing numbers. According to Wikipedia, “Shaquem, since he was 4 has thrived as a football player without the benefit of his left hand.” Despite playing football with only one hand Shaquem is very strong and is able to bring down 200lb people with only one hand, Shaquem is also fast considering being a LB he had the fastest 40 yard dash time, 4.38 seconds. Lastly, he hoped to bench press 225 LB 11 times, instead he bench pressed 225 LB 20 times and the fact he did it with one hand is phenomenal.
As cited from Wikipedia, “One day a boy who had a missing hand to came to Shaquems house and looked down trying to hide his tears but Shaquem nudged his chin up and told him this. Don’t let anybody tell you what you can and can’t do.” People should listen to these wise words. Shaquem uses perseverance to play in the NFL if he didn’t have perseverance he probably wouldn’t be where he is now!
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaquem_Griffin)
