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Grass Elevator

This project captures the raw emotion, sacrifice, and brotherhood that define this narrow window of time — the best four years some will ever know in the game. It’s about the early mornings, the taped wrists, the cracked helmets, the stadium lights. It’s about chasing something bigger, even when you know the odds are stacked against you.

For many, the field is more than a place to play — it’s a way out. Football becomes a social elevator, a path to education, structure, and opportunity that may not have existed otherwise. It can take a kid from nothing and put him in rooms he never thought he’d enter.

There’s no guaranteed future in football, but in these four years, there’s purpose, pride, and a shot — not just at the game, but at life. Out of hundreds of thousands who put on pads in high school, only a fraction make it to the college level, and an even smaller sliver reach the pros. The odds are brutal.