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Victor Cruz
By Aidan Slattery

Victor Cruz is one of the NFL'S best wide receivers. He is fast, strong, skinny, and he can juke out several people in one play. The NFL would be so different if he was not in it. Victor was born in 1986 in Paterson, New Jersey. As a young kid his parents gave him a lot of opportunities to play sports. He loved playing sports but his two favorite sports are football and basketball. As a kid he loved to watch football. His favorite football team was the Dallas Cowboys. His favorite player was Emmitt Smith. His dad had pushed him so hard and made him practice everyday after he got done with school. Growing up as a little boy his family was wealthy. He went to grade school at Paterson Middle School and went to college at University of Massachusetts ( UMass ). Victor once said, “Every step, whether at high school or at college or at the NFL, I had to climb and crawl and scratch to get there¨. He was the first person in the whole Cruz family to go to college. But he also got kicked out of UMass three times. He also said ¨ It has been some tough moments throughout my life, but I stayed focused and came through the other end of the tunnel¨. On the fourth time he went there, he had a roommate that was on the football team with him. They always practiced together when they had time. When …show more content…

He got a call from the Panthers and the Cardinals. They offered him a spot to be on the training squad. He was thinking hard about what team he wanted to be on. Then he got a call from the Giants and they offered him a one year contract. He immediately signed with the giants. One of the big things Victor said was¨ I have never dreamed about being a millionaire- I dreamed about being a football player¨. Once he made the NFL team, his mom pushed him even harder. Then he got married to Elaina Watley. They had one son Kennedy. His son looks up to Victor, and wants to be an NFL player just like he

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