Had Russell Wilson’s Wisconsin graduation commencement speech in 2016 been as good as his NC State graduation commencement speech in 2021, this limited series podcast might’ve never been produced. In the final episode of “Never Failed”, Joe Giglio and Joe Ovies highlight the unnecessary embellishment Wilson gave to his own sports super hero origin story and ask prominent national media members with local connections why the layers to his departure from NC State tend to be glossed over. In closing “Never Failed”, Giglio asks Elliott Avent, Mike Glennon, and others whether NC State did Wilson wrong.

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