I Think It Was Fantastic Being In

You Know, I Never Looked Down The Road And Said, 'hey Look, One Day, The Hall Of Fame.' It's Always About Playing Each And Every Game 100 Percent And I Thank My Teammates For Getting Me Into The Hall Because Football Is A Team Sport, Not An Individual Sport.

The Same Thing I Applied To Football, I Applied To Trying To Be An Actor And Hopefully It Came Off Well.

I Think The Thing About That Was I Was Always Willing To Work; I Was Not The Fastest Or Biggest Player But I Was Determined To Be The Best Football Player I Could Be On The Football Field And I Think I Was Able To Accomplish That Through Hard Work.

Coming From The South, I Just Felt You Had To Work Just A Little Bit Harder. It Was Not Going To Be Handed To You. I’d Get The Letters From All The Major Schools But No One Came Out To Talk To Me Face To Face Until This Small, Dominant Black School, Mississippi State Valley University Sent A Coach Out To Me. I Had A Chance To Talk To Him And He Said, ‘hey Jerry, We’re Going To Be Doing Some Great Things At Mississippi Valley State University And We Would Love To Have You There.’

I Used To Help Out My Father, A Bricklayer, In The Summer. I'd Catch The Bricks (that Were Dropped). And It Made Me Strong, Catching Those Bricks. I Wouldn't Change Anything About It. That's Why I'm Where I Am Today. Really.