Former Rams lineman Chris Long is making a difference beyond football
by Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times
Dec 08, 2017
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES_From the start of his NFL career, when the St. Louis Rams made him the second pick in the 2008 draft, Chris Long has had fame, fortune and something else.
A gnawing belief there was more to life than this.
"He's always been an old soul," said his father, Howie, a Hall of Fame defensive lineman for the Raiders and a football commentator for the last two-plus decades. "He had a real definitive sense of right and wrong, an understanding that there are people who are less fortunate.
"Early in his career, I remember him calling me one night and he was talking about wanting his life to
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