From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Moneyball and Liar’s Poker comes the story of a young man’s rise to football stardom. The young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story will one day be among the most highly paid athletes in the NFL. Plucked from the mean streets by a wealthy family, he took up football and school, and turned out to possess the priceless combination of size, speed, and agility needed to guard the quarterback’s greatest vulnerability: his blind side.