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Every Down, Every Distance: My Journey To The NFL
The NFL's most popular wide receiver tells the remarkable and inspirational story of how he went from an undrafted walk-on to an everyman hero and star of the New York Jets.
Growing up in hardscrabble Garfield, New Jersey, Wayne Chrebet was always too small or too slow or too something to be taken seriously as a football player. And even after an impressive career in high school, he wasn't even a blip on the recruiting radar screens of the big-time college programs.
Instead, Wayne went to Hofstra University in Long Island without a scholarship. Mom and Dad paid the eighteen-thousand-dollar-a-year tuition, and Wayne held up his end of the deal by earning a degree while setting record after record on the football field. But even after tying an NCAA mark held by Jerry Rice, Wayne's name was not called during the 1995 NFL draft. Undaunted, Wayne dedicated himself to being ready if and when he got the chance to prove the skeptics wrong.
Four remarkable years and hundreds of catches later, Wayne has been singled out as one of the key ingredients that turned the Jets from laughingstock to Super Bowl contender. His secret is simple. He plays as if every down and every distance to go were his last.
Full of inspiration, motivation, and charm, Every Down, Every Distance is the perfect book for football fans who root for the underdog.
Growing up in hardscrabble Garfield, New Jersey, Wayne Chrebet was always too small or too slow or too something to be taken seriously as a football player. And even after an impressive career in high school, he wasn't even a blip on the recruiting radar screens of the big-time college programs.
Instead, Wayne went to Hofstra University in Long Island without a scholarship. Mom and Dad paid the eighteen-thousand-dollar-a-year tuition, and Wayne held up his end of the deal by earning a degree while setting record after record on the football field. But even after tying an NCAA mark held by Jerry Rice, Wayne's name was not called during the 1995 NFL draft. Undaunted, Wayne dedicated himself to being ready if and when he got the chance to prove the skeptics wrong.
Four remarkable years and hundreds of catches later, Wayne has been singled out as one of the key ingredients that turned the Jets from laughingstock to Super Bowl contender. His secret is simple. He plays as if every down and every distance to go were his last.
Full of inspiration, motivation, and charm, Every Down, Every Distance is the perfect book for football fans who root for the underdog.
288 pages, Hardcover
First published September 14, 1999
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October 5, 2011
A good autobiography by Wayne Chrebet, a football player for the New York Jets in the mid to late 90's as well as the early part of the last decade. I kind of wish this book was written later in his career, as it only talks about his first three or four years on the Jets. You won't find any reaction to Keshawyn Johnson's stupid statements about him 10 years ago, because they hadn't occured yet. This is mostly a 'Rudy' like story of a guy that played college football at Hofstra and didn't really have a chance to make it to the NFL, but did anyway. A little too much about how he never gives up (I get it Wayne, you're small for a football player, but have a big heart, I get it). If you are a Jets fan, you should own this book. If you are a football player with dreams of making the NFL, you should REALLY read this book. If you're just an average NFL fan, probably skip it since they're better NFL books out there. An enjoyable read though, and it was nice to relive watching one of my favorite players back in the day.
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