Fatherhood Was A Game Changer For Daurice Fountain

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Then, the unthinkable happened.


During the last practice, while scrimmaging against the Cleveland Browns, he got tangled up with one of the linebackers. Fountain heard a snap.


"The only thing I remember from that moment is that when it happened, both of our eyes got big. I thought when I heard the snap that he hurt something. But then once I realized that I was falling down - he started to cry, I looked down, and I was like, ‘It’s me.’"


The physical pain came later, but the emotional pain was instant.


"With an accident like that, I don’t think you initially feel the pain. It’s more of a shock," he said. "The initial shock of seeing my ankle bent out of place like that is what really scared me. It was horrifying."


He had a moment of, "Why me? Why now?"


But it didn't last long.


"You can’t get better by being negative. You’ve got to keep your spirits up as much as you can in order to make this process as comfortable and as smooth as possible."


And his daughter is helping him do that.