PHILADELPHIA — Sitting in the passenger seat of his mother’s car parked outside his college apartment, Haason Reddick told her he was ready to give up on a dream.
Early in his time as a Temple walk-on struggling to get on the field, Reddick was running out of patience. He had plenty of support, chiefly from his parents, but the Camden, N.J., native had yet to make meaningful progress on the depth chart.
Raelakia Reddick’s Ford Focus was stocked with groceries she had brought for him, and he reflected on the sacrifices she was making for him to pursue a college football career. Between the student loans and the grocery runs to save whatever she could over the school’s meal-plan costs, Haason couldn’t bear it.
