The Father Factor Podcast

The Father Factor #018 - My Dad Was Never Present But I Chose To Believe in Myself and Made it to the NFL


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The Father Factor is a Podcast where renown Speaker and Author Byron Ricks, MA. transforms the moving lessons from his own life into a road map to guide other men who grew up without fathers, fathers looking to reconnect with sons, mothers who are raising fatherless boys, and young men who are presently fatherless.

His Bestselling Book  Searching for Dad: Nine Side-Effects of Growing Up Fatherless and How to Overcome Them      https://amzn.to/3LaMfsL   

Ricks steps inside the mind, heart, and soul of a boy without a father. Recognizing the power of the emotional and psychological side effects of growing up fatherless will help absentee fathers, single mothers, and sons who survived a fatherless childhood understand and cope.

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Today's guest is Jeff Herrod, a former NFL linebacker. He pulled his first set of shoulder pads out of a community dumpster and started playing football when he was 8 years old in the backyards of the Avondale projects. He graduated in 1984 from Banks High School as a four-year Letterman, All-State Player Honorable Mention, full-time husband and father. He earned a full scholarship to the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) where he became a household name leading the Ole Miss Rebels in single game and single season tackles in 1986.  He was inducted into the Ole Miss Hall of Fame in 2001, a recipient of the SEC Football Legends Award in 2013 and inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.

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The Father Factor PodcastBy Byron Ricks & Josh Warmbrodt