Superbowl champion BJ Daniels: 'I haven't always walked with God. But he has never left me'
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AJ Gomez2025-02-26T10:11:00
The NFL star speaks to AJ Gomez about defying the odds, trials and triumphs and God’s radical way of changing our plans
BJ Daniels does not understand the word “no”.
Until he was seven years old, the future NFL star lived in a university halls of residence in Florida where his dad worked. Being surrounded by students and football players made for an a-typical childhood.The young BJ remembers dreaming of just two things: being a professional sportsman and owning a skateboard, just like the students he saw on campus. His parents told him he was “too small” but, undeterred, BJ repurposed his toy fire truck into a makeshift deck. After riding successfully down a hill, he felt emboldened. So he went back and did it again, faster this time.
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