When the Broncos selected Wisconsin star Montee Ball in the second round of the 2013 NFL draft, many fans in Denver expected him to become the team’s next great running back. It didn’t work out that way.
Ball dressed for just 21 games with the Broncos, earning only three starts. He lost four fumbles during that time and averaged just 3.1 yards per carry in 2014, which turned out to be his final season in Denver.
Ball was struggling with alcoholism and in 2016, he was arrested for domestic violence. He was a Patriot at the time and was cut by New England shortly after that arrest.
Ball has since overcome alcoholism and he now serves as a public speaker and an AODA recovery advocate.
On Friday, on the anniversary of Denver’s win in Super Bowl 50, Ball shared an inspiring tweet about his comeback story.
4 years ago today, I was sitting inside of a jail cell watching the Broncos win the Super bowl. Now today, I am preparing a speech that I will share in front of 250 therapists who all work in the state of WI. Rock bottom was not the end of my story. It was only the beginning.
— Montee Ball (@MonteeBall28) February 7, 2020
“My goal is to teach the importance of reaching out for help, to show vulnerability,” Ball said in a 2019 interview with MTMJ-TV.
Ball’s NFL career is likely over but his comeback story isn’t.
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