Playing college football as a walk-on at the University of Tulsa was one of the main reasons I choose to come to the University. Personally, coming out of high school I wanted to go to a college that I could get the best education and play football at. My experience playing football helped me grow a lot as a student.
While playing football at Tulsa I met some of my closest and lifelong friends that I could not imagine going through college without. The memories and bond we made working through the summer when no one was on campus, is one of my favorite memories from college.
Coming in as a walk-on was terrifying. At first I worried that I would be treated different or feel that I didn’t belong with scholarship players. Though I never experienced or saw any of that. Everyone treated everyone the same and gave them respect because we all put in the same amount of work everyday.
One of the many lessons I learned from playing football at Tulsa was time management. Often times you have to wake up early and get home late as a player. This taught me the importance of time management. Whenever I had a half hour between meetings or class I had to take advantage of that time to get my school work done. Doing this would sometimes give you the ability to go to sleep when you got home instead of having to stay up another hour or two to finish work. This has helped me tremendously in college and is something I will continue to do for the rest of my life.