Just like his team, SMU punter Isaac Pearson is having a great season. But his unlikely path to the Hilltop has had multiple bumps in the road.
The Southern Methodist University football team has had a dream season – ranked number 14 in the nation, and with record crowds in attendance to watch the Mustangs each weekend.
Full steam ahead, working four years as a coal miner, including completing 18 months of underground assignments. But midway through his coal mining apprenticeship, Isaac discovered an unexpected dream from an unlikely source. And while the disappointment of no on-field payoff after years of hard work could have been enough to end the dream, Pearson instead looked back at his roots – and the family that quite literally prides itself on digging deep – and refused to quit.
“Still terrifying. I knew it had been two years almost to the day that I had fumbled that and made a mess of that one punt against Louisiana-Monroe. That first time going out there, it was a complete blur. But from that point, it’s been a lot easier going out there,” he said.
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