The University of Kentucky football team got a speech from former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett on Thursday.
Clarett, who won a national championship with the Buckeyes in 2003, would go from the top of the world to falling on tough times after being ruled ineligible at OSU. He would leave for the NFL, but after that didn't work, fell even harder after being arrested multiple times and even did time in prison. Clarett has since become a motivational speaker to help young college kids not fall down the same path he did.
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Great message to our team tonight from @ReeseClarett13. He spoke from the heart! pic.twitter.com/MOeIoyWxUL
— Mark Stoops (@UKCoachStoops) July 24, 2015
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