Just read it...it's an interesting take just before the draft.
From The Players' Tribune
Ryan Leaf: Letter to my younger self
It probably won't change people's minds, but I wonder how I would react if faced with the same circumstances. I hope I would do better at that age, but you just don't know unless you're in his shoes.
FYI, "The Players' Tribune" is a great read, IMO.
It's far more evocative and moving than I ever would have thought it would be.
Right? Me as well. Reading him talk about his gradual embrace of suicide as an out was heartbreaking, especially the bit about his younger brother.
That just speaks really poorly of such people's minds.