[Football] From HS to Pros: the Perseverance Story of Divine Buckrham

About this episode

Divine Buckrham shares his journey of perseverance from high school football to the professional level.

What does perseverance actually look like in an athlete’s career? We have defensive back Divine Buckrham to break down the real journey and mental strategies from high school football to the professional level. His path wasn’t linear and that’s exactly why this conversation is powerful. We walk through perseverance of his career so far step by step: starting in high school, continuing at Division 1 Lamar University, transferring to D1 Lehigh University, earning an opportunity at the Pittsburg...

People in this episode

Host: Charles Armstrong Hicks

Guest: Divine Buckrham

Topics covered

• perseverance
• athlete journey
• high school football
• college football
• professional sports

Keywords

• perseverance
• athlete
• football
• high school
• college
• professional
• mental strategies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lamar University, Lehigh University, Pittsburg

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