JJ Watt has gone from delivering pizzas to delivering results at Turf Moor, with a legendary NFL career chucked in the middle. The former defensive end for the Houston Texans had humble beginnings …
I was a Pizza Hut delivery boy before becoming NFL legend, Burnley owner, and Great British Bake-Off fanaticJJ Watt has gone from delivering pizzas to delivering results at Turf Moor, with a legendary NFL career chucked in the middle.
The former defensive end for the Houston Texans had humble beginnings before becoming a Hall of Fame candidate, but almost didn't make it.Hailing from the city of Pewaukee in Wisconsin, Watt started his College Football career with Central Michigan. But, after only eight catches at tight end, NFL ambitions saw him transfer to the University of Wisconsin-Madison where a swap to the defensive side of the game awaited.
Before he could get started there though Watt helped ends meet by working as a pizza delivery driver.READ MORE ON NFLThe youngster answered the door, recognised him from his Michigan days and asked why he was not playing anymore. "That was a powerful day in my life, a humbling moment that reiterated my drive to be great and get to the top as a football player," Watt admitted."I've been back to that Pizza Hut a couple of times and every time I drive by, I get that feeling, 'I used to work here, delivering pizzas, mopping floors and now I work in the NFL,'" he said in 2012.
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