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American Sports Story Gives This Actor His NFL Debut 8 Years After He Left Football

American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez doesn’t just focus on its titular character, but the surrounding athletes whose career overlapped with his – and one of those football players is portrayed by an actor who’s finally getting to live out an unrealized goal. As one of the real NFL players to appear in American Sports Story, the character in question went on to become one of the best of all time at his position. The person playing him in the American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez cast will be grateful for snagging the role for more reasons than one.
Making it in the NFL isn’t a guarantee, even for the lucky group of players who manage to make the jump from the collegiate level. Aaron Hernandez’s football career was certainly on the right trajectory in terms of his on-the-field performance, but his crimes made it impossible for him to continue playing. That being said, the player’s incarceration didn’t leave the New England Patriots short of a star tight end. The NFL’s next-man-up philosophy allowed Hernandez’s former teammate to step even more firmly into the limelight, and the actor playing him in American Sports Story is enjoying a similar phenomenon.
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