GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -Some might think Kadarron Anderson’s biggest challenge might come this weekend when his Furman Paladins of the FCS take on No. 13 South Carolina.
For Anderson, nothing in athletics comes close to his journey simply to reach the football field.
Furman’s all-Southern Conference linebacker was taken from his family in Rock Hill at age 8, along with older brother Demarco, and placed in the Connie Maxwell Children’s Home in Greenwood 90 miles away. Anderson had no contact with his three sisters for five years or his troubled mother, Shelia, for nearly eight years.
While some young boys might have felt resentment at relocation and abandonment, Anderson learned to focus on what he had, not what he didn’t.
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