The way Frantz Joseph sees it, he has no reason to complain about anything.
His mother fled Haiti as a young woman, desperate for a new beginning in the United States. He has amassed a pile of debt despite getting a free college education playing football. And he’s not projected to be a big-money, first-round NFL pick.
So why is the Florida Atlantic linebacker smiling?
“You only live life once,” he says. “And this is my life.”
This is his life: Born in South Florida and raised in an impoverished home, signed to play college football at Boston College, transferred to Florida Atlantic, was part of consecutive bowl wins that shined new light on the Owls’ program, set a boatload of school records and now is poised to become FAU’s first-ever NFL draft choice.
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