years behind bars and may well have derailed his one-time dream of playing in the nfl. banks was exonerated after his accuser was secretly videotaped admitting she had lied about the incident. brian banks and his attorney justin brooks joins me now. well, it s i saw the today show interview and wanted to talk to you because i was so struck by your philosophical approach to all of this. you have lost so much of your life and your dreams. yet, you re ready to move on. brian, first of all, we re so glad and relieved that justice has finally been served. thank you. thank you much. do you think it s still possible to recapture your dreams after these years? can you go back? you were a star player from a star high school team. and you had everything at your feet. and now, how do you proceed? what do you do next? well, you just keep moving forward. it s been a long journey for me.
20 minutes the hour. bring in my buddy from hln sports. a lot going on in football right now and a lot of it, the headlines aren t good. nice to see this story. makes you feel good. young man who thought his dream of playing in the nfl was over. marcus cannon. at the combine back in february this guy just had nfl scouts drilling. he s a big guy. 6 5 . over 350 pounds. at the time of the combine he was projected to be a second or third round pick. but during the examination, the routine examination that the players go through at the combine doctors discovered something is not right. they ordered up some tests and dome find out he has nonhostage k nonhod gq ins lymphoma. he gets taken in the third round by the patriots.
salesman. i was taking a walk with my mom and dad around the block. it was just a tough day, you know. i just remember being there with myc$et mom and dad. sorry about that. you know, they just were so supportive of me. and they take it as emotional as i do. you know, finally when the patriots called, i was so excited, you know. i was, like, i don t have to be an insurance salesman, you know. his dad works in the insurance business. he had this dream of playing in the nfl. and on that day it looked like it wasn t going to come true. i don t get it. nora o donnell, your thoughts. one, he needs a haircut. two, where s his little tight pants? oh, my lord. i don t get it. he doesn t always wear the