Eric LeGrand

The world kind of has a feeling now of what it’s like to be paralyzed.

After my injury, everyone talked about me and how it changed my life, and it did, in more ways than I can count. But my mom’s life changed right along with it.

More than anything else, people always ask me: How do you stay so positive?

Former Rutgers defensive lineman Eric LeGrand shares his first Rehab Diaries entry about overcoming paralysis.