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Brian Pruitt is Dreaming Again: Purpose, Partnership, Parenting

Brian Pruitt was heading into the NFL draft as one of the best running backs in the country, when he received a phone call that changed his life forever. On NFL draft night, he received a call from his agent that he would not be drafted due to spinal stenosis discovered at the NFL combine, a condition the league was then weeding out because of neck-injury risk.

After three years of trying to return to the NFL as a free agent, Pruitt says a turning point came when his wife told him, “I need my husband back,” urging him to regain joy and purpose. He credits his mother Joyce Pruitt, mentors, and…

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