FRISCO, Texas – Micah Parsons is a huge believer in divine intervention.
And the reasons he is here today participating in the Cowboys rookie minicamp as the franchise s 12th pick in the 2021 NFL Draft is the latest reason why.
For if you happened to catch ESPN s four-part series
Hey Rookie, Welcome to the NFL, documenting the draft paths of Parsons, Kyle Pitts, Jaycee Horn and Justin Fields through every one of them being selected among the top 12 picks in the first round, you d understand.
Understand how badly he wanted to be drafted by the Dallas Cowboys, caught on camera saying while getting dressed in a fine blue suit before the afternoon before the draft began, I look good in blue. You know, hopefully I m drafted by someone in blue, with even his now 3-year-old son Malcolm decked out in a blue suit, too.
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Source: AP Photo/Rick Osentoski, File
Even if you didn t watch the 2021 NFL Draft, which was from Thursday to Saturday, it s still inspiring to know the story of two particular picks. Micah Parsons, who was selected by the Dallas Cowboys as the 12th overall pick, was almost aborted. The 21st overall pick, Kwity Paye, who was selected by the Indianapolis Colts, was born in a refugee camp in Guinea. After some particularly humbling beginnings, these men are now going on to doing great things.
Micah Parsons was, as PennLive Brian Linder noted in his subheadline, spared from abortion. The endearing piece, Mom’s ‘biggest blessing,’ is from April 20:
One liberal sports writer is foaming at the mouth over a Pennsylvania
newspaper article celebrating the life of one their student athletes turned soon-to-be NFL player and praising his mother for choosing not to abort him.
Penn Live (the website for Harrisburg s
Patriot News)
published a piece on April 20 about the achievements of All-American Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons who’s on track to become an NFL first round draft pick. Not only did the paper recognize Parsons’ considerable athletic accomplishments, their story was written from the perspective of gratitude for the choice Micah’s mother made in not aborting him.
Mom’s ‘biggest blessing’
Updated on 6:11 AM;
Today 5:00 AM
Without a call from the church, Micah and Sherese Parsons may never have had the chance to return to Micah s childhood home on Jefferson Street. Photo: Joe Hermitt | jhermitt@pennlive.com
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No matter how far Micah Parsons goes or doesn’t go in the NFL, he will always be Sherese Parsons’ “biggest blessing.”
Relationships rarely exist like the one the Penn State All-American enjoys with his mom.
Both will look you straight in the eye and tell you divine intervention played a role.
That’s because one of the most-gifted athletes Harrisburg has ever produced was almost never born.