Hank The Cow Dog

Former Army Star Still Chasing NFL Dream

No one should feel that life has been particularly unfair to Caleb Campbell , who twice has had NFL aspirations pulled from under him -- kind of like a magician yanking a tablecloth from beneath an expensive set of china or Lucy predictably moving the football as one of her pals takes a running start and approaches the kick -- because the Detroit Lions ' linebacker certainly does not feel sorry for himself. Indeed, were adversity actually measured in horizontal inches, Campbell might be able to petition Guinness officials about supplanting Sultan Kosen of Turkey as the world's tallest man. There seems little doubt after speaking with Campbell -- a guy with whom anyone fretting about this country's future or depressed about their own circumstances in life should converse -- is sincere about the ramifications of the work stoppage, at least from a personal enhancement standpoint. Before any of the NFL's spin doctors or $500-an-hour attorneys seize on Campbell's assessment of the lockout as a propaganda tool or even fodder for legal briefs, know that the former Army standout defender hurts as much as any player in the league. Maybe more. The last thing Campbell needs is a vacation from football, given that he has endured more than enough of that ordeal, and he is laboring in Perryton, Tex., not sunning himself in the Caribbean, or working on his sand-wedge artistry, or trying to arrange for a line of credit to pay his bills. At the same time, Campbell should be a lesson to a lot of others. Even a person who is anything but a jingoistic flag-waver couldn't help but be impressed by the estimable former Army star, a button-down, yes sir-no sir kind of guy. Campbell's professionalism, perseverance, and resilience are a refreshing divergence from the several players who have taken recently to the air or to social media to tweak the owners, the commissioner, even the executive director of their association, and the lockout in general.   "It's so temporary," acknowledged Campbell, who defies the old adage about "if it sounds too good to be true," in speaking of the game. "I had a life before football and I'll have one after it. It's important to me; I want to be able to play. But it isn't like it's the only thing I think about every day. I've been forced to do without it before, right, and I made it through. I mean, that's just where I'm coming from.

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