PITTSBURGH — At 25, soon to be 26, Arnold Tarpley III acknowledges that some people ask him why he's still chasing his NFL dream. They don't intentionally try to doubt his journey or put him down, "but they hint at things."
And he understands the question, given that he's five years removed from his college career at Vanderbilt and has spent most of that time on the margins of pro football, but the answer for Tarpley — a former Central Catholic High School standout who goes by "Tre" — is fairly simple.
"My thing is, I don't ever want to live with regret," Tarpley was saying over the phone this week from Birmingham, Ala. "I don't want to be 40 years old [saying] 'would've, could've should've.' If you believe in something, you've got to pursue it relentlessly."
