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NFL player talks to Howe youth

Justin Lawler grew up playing football in nearby Pottsboro, but now he's an NFL linebacker with the Los Angeles Rams Having that resume now allows the 23year-olds words to carry more weight and those words were delivered to young Howe athletes a week ago

"It's about helping kids that's something that I've always wanted to do," Lawler told KTEN-TV "Now that God has given me a platform to do it on, it's something that I'm going to continue to do throughout my career"

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Lawler discussed the importance of work ethic as well as playing multiple sports and not focusing on just one sport

"There's no secret potion that I took," he said "It's very simple on how to do it: You just have to discipline yourself to do it "

Several Howe students were impressed with the words of Lawler including Devin Porter

"It shows that a local person can do great things from a small school shows anyone can do it," he said

"It's really cool to hear that he's from a local school," added Howe senior Spencer Akins "It kind of makes you think that you might be able to do the same thing "

It's not every day that an NFL player shows up to Ponderosa

Special thanks to Brittany Breeding of KTEN News

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