Short

of

Glory

I would like to thank everyone who

inspired me to write this book. My

mom, who has always been there for

me from the very start, and has al-

ways pushed me to do more than I

could ever dream of. I would like to

thank my brother (John Noble) and

cousins (BJ Sherrill and Rashad Sher-

rill) for always having my back and

making me want to compete to be

that much better. This book means a

lot to me and a big reason why is be-

cause it tells of the journey I took,

that both God and my family helped

to paved for me. Thank you.

Credits

Domonique loved to play football and often

caught himself dreaming of the day that he’d

be living them out by playing college football,

and if he was lucky enough, to go to the NFl. He had

these dreams all of the time, often reciting plays, and

chants in his sleep. But young Domonique always

came to reality whenever his alarm buzzed for him

to wake up. He would always wake up at the crack of

dawn and go outside and play with his friends.

Every Sunday after church Do-

monique, his brother, and his cousins

would play football in their grand-

mother’s big front yard. They played

from lunch, until it was so dark that

they couldn’t see their hands in front

of their face.

Domonique would put anything

aside for the time that he spent play-

ing with his brother and

cousins.

The more Domonique played football, the

more he liked it. And with the passing of the

years his mom also noticed his interest.

Whenever he was the age of 7, she signed him up for

football summer camp. Although shy, Domonique

went out with the same mentality as he would with his

siblings out in the front yard. His main objective was

to have fun, and that’s what he did! He was named one

of the top players at the camp, making his love for the

game a little stronger.

Like many other kids in America, Domonique

was participating in multiple activities like bas-

ketball and football, while still trying his hard-

est in school as well. He had to juggle all of

them at the same time. A feat, that for

a kid at times8, seemed too much. But

he determined to keep on top of all of

them, making his parents proud!

During high school, Domonique played both varsi-

ty football and basketball. Due to limited ability,

Domonique wasn’t quite as good in basketball as he

wanted to. Although he was a two year starter, football

turned the heads of people, whenever he became one of

the best players around. Domonique helped lead his

team to 3 consecutive State Championships, and gain-

ing him honorary achievements. From then on he knew

what his calling was. He was going to be a foot-

ball player!

But his success didn't stop there, one day as he

was sitting in his room his mom opened the door,

phone in hand, said, “Domonique someone’s one

the phone with great news!”. Whenever he an-

swered the phone his High School coach told him

that he had his first division-1 offer from Wiscon-

sin. Taken over by excitement Domonique ran

through the house as fast as he could

screaming to the top of his lungs!

But this wasn’t even the end. Do-

monique received 21 more football of-

fers from schools all over the nation, includ-

ing the one he had waited 11 years for. “You

will receive a verbal offer from Georgia Tech,

congrats!”. This was truly the peak of his ac-

complishments, but the task wasn’t quite

through.

He worked hard in the spring, before reporting

that summer and gained his high school diplo-

ma. Although sports was a big part of his life,

his education was always there with him. Geor-

gia Tech was a great choice for him because

even though they had a great team, they

were also one of the best engineering

schools in the nation.

In the summer of 2011, Domonique en-

rolled in Georgia Tech, where he attended

school and played football. He never

stopped working and made new goals at the start

of a different lifestyle. He aspired then, to get a

degree, and most of all, win games for the jackets!