Saints lineman Carl Nicks is really sorry that he was a jerk in college.
My father recently sent me an article he found sharing the recent actions of New Orleans Saints’ offensive lineman Carl Nicks. The former University of Nebraska player made a surprise visit to his alma-matter to apologize for being such a “jerk” when he attended the school. Each of us can look back and pinpoint moments that we would like to relive, but how many of us have actually tried to make amends. Kudos to Nicks for manning-up.
(Yahoo.com/April 15, 2010) –
Nicks acted like an idiot when he was in college, but here’s where he separates himself from most everyone else. When he matured a little bit, he actually went back and tried to make it right. Nicks visited Nebraska’s campus Wednesday to apologize and make amends for the bad behavior he displayed while “attending school” there.
“Attending school” is in quotes because Nicks didn’t actually do a lot of that. He admits he skipped classes and didn’t have the work ethic he should’ve. The weekend before Nebraska’s pro day, he even got himself arrested at a house party for “suspicion of being an inmate of a disorderly house and failure to dispense.”
“I was proud of my school, but I know my school wasn’t proud of me, so that was important to me,” Nicks said. “I’m embarrassed.” [...]
“I’m not who I was then,” he said. “It just kind of hurts, to know I made a fool of myself.”
“I wouldn’t be true to Nebraska if I didn’t try to apologize to [current head coach] Bo Pelini, even though I didn’t play for him,” Nicks said. “He’s the face of Nebraska. I have to make it right with him, [athletic director] Mr. [Tom] Osborne and everyone I did wrong when I was here.”
Osborne surprised Nicks by greeting him as Carl — “I didn’t think he knew my name” — and then told him to learn from his mistakes and finish his college degree as soon as possible.
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