Relentless: A Memoir

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The Super Bowl champion vast receiver for the New England Patriots shares his inspiring story of an underdog child who was all the time doubted to turning into probably the most dependable and galvanizing gamers within the NFL.

When the Patriots have been down 28-O in Super Bowl LI, there was no less than one participant who refused to consider they might lose: Julian Edelman. And he stated so. It wasn’t solely due to his perception in his teammates, led by the grasp of the comeback, his good friend and quarterback Tom Brady-or the teaching employees run by the legendary Bill Belichick. It was additionally as a result of he had been counted out in most of his life and profession, and he had proved all of them flawed.

Whether it was in Pop Warner soccer, the place his Redwood City, California, group gained a nationwide championship; in highschool the place he went from a A’10”, ninety five-pound freshman operating again to quarterback for an undefeated Woodside High workforce; or school, the place he rewrote data at Kent State as a twin-menace quarterback, Edelman far exceeded everybody’s expectations. Everyone’s expectations, that’s, besides his personal and people of his father, who took excessive and unorthodox measures to drive Edelman to quiet the doubters with ferocious competitiveness.

When he was drafted by the Patriots within the seventh spherical, the H’10” school quarterback was requested to subject punts and play extensive receiver, although he’d by no means achieved both. But steadily, underneath the tutelage of a demanding teaching employees and numerous hours of low season coaching with Tom Brady, he turned one of many NFL’s most dynamic punt returners and prime receivers who can ship within the largest video games.

Relentless is the story of Edelman’s rise, and the persevering with dominance of the Patriot dynasty, full of reminiscences of rising up with a father who was as demanding as any NFL coach, his close to-fixed battle to maintain his depth and competitiveness in examine in highschool and school, and his celebrated 9 seasons with the Patriots. Julian shares insights into his relationships and rivalries, and his friendships with teammates resembling Tom Brady, Wes Welker, Matt Slater, and Randy Moss. Finally, he reveals the story behind “the catch” and life on the within of a staff for the ages.