Bears rookie Hayden Large's journey lives up to his name
<p>Bedridden for more than a month, Hayden Large found a favorite television show: “Friday Night Lights.”</p><p>Of course he did. It was where he wanted to be.</p><p>“Greatest show ever,” the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears" target="_blank" >Bears</a> tight end said.</p><p>In 2019, Large tore his hamstring — and an egg-shaped piece of his pelvic bone along with it — in a scrimmage weeks before the start of his senior season at Unity Christian High School in Hudsonville, Mich.
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<p>Bedridden for more than a month, Hayden Large found a favorite television show: “Friday Night Lights.”</p><p>Of course he did. It was where he wanted to be.</p><p>“Greatest show ever,” the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears" target="_blank" >Bears</a> tight end said.</p><p>In 2019, Large tore his hamstring — and an egg-shaped piece of his pelvic bone along with it — in a scrimmage weeks before the start of his senior season at Unity Christian High School in Hudsonville, Mich. He spent 35 days on bed rest, though he’d sneak out to attend high school games, and wondered what would become of his football career.</p><p>He’d run for 1,300 yards and 12 touchdowns as a junior, winning the state championship. Now he feared he’d never play again.</p><p>“I was told,” he said, “I might not be the same.”</p><p>Seven years and six college seasons later, the 24-year-old will play his first NFL game Saturday when the Bears host the Browns.</p><p>“The story's a really redemptive story,” said Joel Penner, the head coach at NAIA Dordt University.
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- <p>Bedridden for more than a month, Hayden Large found a favorite television show: “Friday Night Lights.”</p><p>Of course he did. It was where he wanted to be.</p><p>“Greatest show ever,” the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears" target="_blank" >Bears</a> tight end said.</p><p>In 2019, Large tore his hamstring — and an egg-shaped piece of his pelvic bone along with it — in a scrimmage weeks before the start of his senior season at Unity Christian High School in Hudsonville, Mich.
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