Donte Stallworth, Former NFL Wide Receiver, Working As a Huffington Post Fellow

By: Kent Babb | Washington Post

Donte Stallworth was on his morning commute last month, a five-block morning ritual in this attempt at a new life, when he walked past the White House’s north lawn. He smiled as he recalled an old memory.

Back in his old life — way, way back — when he was a football player, he and his University of Tennessee teammates were national champions and guests at the White House.