Adam Vinatieri was born in Yankton, South Dakota, he started kicking footballs when he was around ten to eleven years old. Adam lettered in five sports while in high school but he was an All-State selection in football his senior year. He went to play college for army for a couple weeks before deciding to attend …show more content…
south dakota state university. He was given a scholarship to play for SDSU which is rare for a kicker out of a division 2. Adams college career wasn't that good which kept him from being drafted in the NFL.
Adam went to kicking coach doug blevins for help to make it into the NFL who helped for a few months.
Then he went to play for the NFL europe league for a year. He finally joined the New England Patriots in 1996, and went to play in the super bowl but lost to the Green Bay Packers. But his career was just getting started for the Patriots. Adam and the Patriots went to a total of four super bowls winning three. Adam kicked the game winner in two of the super bowls.
Adam vinatieri didn’t resign with the Patriots after the 2005 season was over. Allowing him to become a free agent and decide where he wanted to play. He wanted to play in a dome or warm climate. So when the colts called him it was a perfect spot he was quoted saying “if indy is interest let's get this done.” He signed a five year deal to play for the colts. They went on to play in two super bowls winning one of them.
Thomas jefferson said “determine never to be idle it is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.” Adam was a no name college player who got benched halfway through his second season. Started out in the NFL europe league then signed by the Patriots. To go on to play for not one but two NFL teams and making millions of dollars, playing in 6 super bowls and winning 4 of them. That's why he is a perfect example of why you should never give up and to never stay idle, go get stuff
done.