Once a Human Trafficking Victim, Now an NFL Star

What he has disclosed is that he and his older sister were abandoned in the streets of London after their mother arranged to have them sent to the United Kingdom — with someone who turned out be a stranger — so they could have a better life. The stranger who was supposed to take care of the children didn’t carry through on the promise. Instead, they were left alone and homeless in a strange country.

They learned to survive until they were discovered and placed in foster care, and they moved from home to home until old enough to be on their own.

“Some of the issues, I haven’t dealt with,” he told The Associated Press earlier this month. “I haven’t really taken time to understand. … Right now I just want to focus on football and make the most of it.”