Davon — See Me Because

My most memorable [moment] would be probably my mom passing and how it affected my life. A lot of the decisions that happened and a lot of the things that went on in my life - that really affected a lot of it.

The thing that’s stood out the most to me in my life would be the things that help me turn around: the people around me, the things I pay attention to, the people that I listen to. They really help me benefit from the stuff that I do. If I put myself in a bad spot, then that’s going to make me go down the wrong path. So if I keep myself around the right people, like I have been doing, then I’m just going to keep doing what I’m doing.

My sister was really strict on me, and she told me coming into high school that I was going to have to turn it around. She put her foot down and she made me - that’s what made me really start doing better.

My sister or my grandpa or my sister’s boyfriend or anybody, really - they always tell me that they’re really proud of me for the turnaround that I made. My older brother - he’s 18 and in college - he texts me all the time and tells me to keep up the good work and all that, and I really look up to him a lot.

The older guys that were in the hood, they encourage you to stay in school and stuff. They don’t want you to be like them, they don’t encourage you to go jump into a gang and do what they did growing up as a kid. Really, stuff like that. They point you in a different direction. It kind of helps you when you really pay attention and listen to what they’re saying to you, because that’s not really a life that you want to get into.

Football is really my passion. I really love playing football. When I came into high school, playing football, it just opens up a whole new me. I just love the sport.

[I’m] someone who works hard at what he wants and is very confident in himself. I’m a person that would do anything for anybody that he loves.

Milwaukee, 2018