Bowie State head football coach Damon Wilson strolled into the meeting room designated to the New York Jets' running backs, just as he had done for the past week, and he knew Le'Veon Bell was going to sit in the seat next to his.
The Bulldogs' head coach and the star NFL running back actually have a connection with each other. Bell was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2013, when former Bowie State player Isaac Redman was on the team. The two exchanged stories while they sparked a relationship during the course of the NFL preseason.
Like most people in the sports world, Wilson had heard all the stories about the Jets' new offensive weapon and his contract battles with the Steelers. Those stories only offered a glimpse into Bell's life, though, and Wilson discovered there was so much more to him than the holdout for more money.
