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Patrick Willis

Born
Jan 25, 1985 · Age 41
Place of birth
Bruceton, Tennessee, United States
Gender
Male
Movie credits
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Biography

Born January 25, 1985, in Bruceton, Tennessee, Patrick L. Willis overcame abject poverty to become one of the greatest linebackers in NFL history. Working in cotton fields by age ten, Willis fled his alcoholic father's violence at seventeen, moving in with his high school basketball coach Chris Finley and his wife Julie alongside his three siblings. At Hollow Rock-Bruceton Central High School, he became the first player in Tennessee history nominated for Mr. Football Award honors as both a lineman and a back in the same season. Willis attended Ole Miss from 2003 to 2006, dominating the SEC…