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Willis McGahee aims to make naysayers change their minds
By SUSAN MILLER DEGNAN
Miami Herald
MIAMI - Everyone tells Jannie Jones that her son, Willis McGahee, lost $10 million the night Ohio State safety Will Allen pummeled him in the national championship game, leaving the University of Miami's greatest tailback with three torn ligaments and his NFL career in jeopardy.
"I say, `No, he didn't lose $10 million,' " Jones said of the gruesome Fiesta Bowl hit that caused McGahee's left knee to buckle inward while the rest of his leg sprung forward. "He never had $10 million. We don't care about the money. I tell people that and they look at me like, `Are you crazy?' "
Money? Let agent Drew Rosenhaus worry about the trivialities.
"The money will be a gift, a present," insists McGahee, whose single mother directs train movement in the Metrorail train yard. "It's not my main concern. My main concern is getting on the field and playing football. I don't care what team I'm on, as long as it has a football and pads and is in the United States."
McGahee also has an idea for his $2.5 million insurance policy - collectable only if the injury ends his career within a four-game period: "You can throw it out the door."
By SUSAN MILLER DEGNAN
Miami Herald
MIAMI - Everyone tells Jannie Jones that her son, Willis McGahee, lost $10 million the night Ohio State safety Will Allen pummeled him in the national championship game, leaving the University of Miami's greatest tailback with three torn ligaments and his NFL career in jeopardy.
"I say, `No, he didn't lose $10 million,' " Jones said of the gruesome Fiesta Bowl hit that caused McGahee's left knee to buckle inward while the rest of his leg sprung forward. "He never had $10 million. We don't care about the money. I tell people that and they look at me like, `Are you crazy?' "
Money? Let agent Drew Rosenhaus worry about the trivialities.
"The money will be a gift, a present," insists McGahee, whose single mother directs train movement in the Metrorail train yard. "It's not my main concern. My main concern is getting on the field and playing football. I don't care what team I'm on, as long as it has a football and pads and is in the United States."
McGahee also has an idea for his $2.5 million insurance policy - collectable only if the injury ends his career within a four-game period: "You can throw it out the door."
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