Standing Tall: The Kevin Everett Story

Sam Carchidi

Sep 2013 · Triumph Books

About this ebook

As a powerfully built, third-year tight end with the Buffalo Bills, Kevin Everett had it all: a promising NFL future, a beautiful girlfriend whom he planned to marry, and an engaging personality that made him one of his team's most popular players. He also had a wonderful family that included his devoted mother and his three adoring younger sisters, for whom he had recently purchased a home in suburban Houston, Texas. And then, in a fraction of a second, his life was changed forever when he was paralyzed while making a tackle against the Denver Broncos in the 2007 season opener.

About the author

Sam Carchidi has been a sportswriter and columnist at The Philadelphia Inquirer since 1984. He has written for several national publications, and he was one of The Philadelphia Inquirer reporters who contributed to the books Worst to First: The Story of the 1993 Phillies. In 2001, he and Scott Brown coauthored the nationally acclaimed Miracle in the Making: The Adam Taliaferro Story. Carchidi wrote Bill Campbell: The Voice of Philadelphia Sports in 2006. Kevin Everett was born on February 5, 1982, the son of Patricia Dugas. He attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur, Texas, where he earned honors such as the Houston Chronicle Texas Top 100, Dallas Morning News Texas Top 100 and Texas Football Top 20 tight end honors. After high school, Kevin Everett moved on to Kilgore (Texas) College, where he was a two-time First Team All-Southwest Junior College Football Conference pick, ranked the second-best junior college player in the nation by Allen Wallace's Super Prep. After transferring to the University of Miami, Everett was a tight end for the Hurricanes and became the 86th overall pick by the Buffalo Bills in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft. Everett made his first career start in 2006.