Eric Zeus Beisel

If not us than who? 💪⚙️

So much to be grateful for on this Christmas day… surrounded by love from family and friends and my amazing wife. I couldn’t help but reminisce on the best party of the year one last time before the year is over. 🎄

From,

SEC Football is back… so here’s a message from the most EFFICIENT tackler in SEC Football history:

For all you guys out there who are riding the bench right now… waiting for an opportunity… you feel slighted by your coaches or boss… upset about playing time… feeling SORRY for yourselves,

Here’s a story:

Sometime in the middle of 2016, the staff decided it was time to start a real middle linebacker for the first time in a decade (no offense )… and after riding the bench for 2-and-a-half years as a career special teamer, I finally started a game.

And what happened in my first ever career start at middle linebacker?

University of Kentucky, 3 TFL’s and 6 tackles playing only HALF the reps…

Everyone thought it was a fluke. But in the next game against South Carolina, I set a school record 23 total tackles with another THREE TFL’s in only my second ever start…

In 2 games, I had more TFL’s than the guy I was backing up had in 2 years!

The next day at practice, the DC (my boss) at the time came up to me and asked, “E, did you really ever THINK you would get that many tackles in a single game?”

And I told him, “Well coach, I didn’t think. I prepared.”

Greatness is all in the preparation. If you’re not where you want to be in life, in football or in your career, prepare like you’re the starter and you never know when your opportunity to shine will come. Your circumstances might not be in your control, but your preparation IS in your control. For years, I prepared for each game like I was the STARTER. And when I got my opportunity, there was zero doubt who the most prepared player was.

So regardless of your situation…

Leave no doubt… and go out and f*cking earn it! 🥤