Aaron M. Smith

Odyssey: from Blue Collar, Ohio to Super Bowl Champion Aaron M. Smith

The journey to the sporting world'sgrandest stage - the Super Bowl - is often wrought with overwhelming obstacles, personal challenges, and a workload that would make most men cringe. No oneunderstands this more than Marc Edwards, whose winding road from blue collar Norwood, Ohioto the NFL and ultimately the Super Bowl was littered with derailing pot holes. How Marc became a successful family man and an old-schoolbattering ram of a Super Bowl champion should no longer be a mystery. Odyssey: From Blue Collar, Ohio to Super Bowl Champion chronicles Marc's personal quest for something great and how a cast of family members andbehind-the-scenes family friends helped to keep him on track. Freelance writerand former award-winning newspaper sports editor Aaron M. Smith takes the reader on an intriguing ride through the rigors and joys of transforming from a third-grader with a dream to a captain at legendary Notre Dame and eventually to the starting backfield for the world champion New England Patriots. Marc'sstruggles and eventual triumph will serve as inspiration and offer proof thatyou most certainly can do anything you want if you simply put in the effort.