Sylvester Williams' incredible journey to Super Bowl began on assembly line

Posted Jan 30, 2014
This Sunday he'll line up and go to work, with men on his right and on his left. He'll be alone with his thoughts and his task. In that way, it's the same as it was after high school for Sylvester Williams. In every other way, it's completely different. Williams is starting on the defensive line for the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl. A little more than five years ago, he was on an assembly line in Missouri. (Yahoo! Sports)

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