The Philadelphia Eagles have signed Alejandro Villanueva, a 6-foot-9 defensive lineman who spent the past four years as an active member of the United States Army and most recently served as a U.S. Army Ranger.
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The 277-pound Villanueva served three tours in Afghanistan. He was recently promoted to captain.
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Villanueva served as the Black Knights' offensive captain in 2009 and led the team in receptions (34), yards (522) and touchdowns (five). He began his career at Army as a reserve defensive lineman and transitioned to left tackle in 2008, starting all 12 games at that position as a junior.
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During his first deployment to Afghanistan, Villanueva earned the Bronze Star Medal for valor for moving forward under enemy fire to pull wounded soldiers from an isolated position, according to the Eagles' release. He later volunteered for the U.S. Army Rangers program and served two more tours in Afghanistan.
Instead of having wall-to-wall celebration-as-a-hero of some mediocre nobody as a seventh-round draft pick, and then gleefully promoting that same mediocre player shoving his homosexuality into the face of everyone else in America and beyond, the media should have been focused upon a young man who went out and not only actually had an impressive career in college both on and off the field, but even more importantly, he volunteered to put himself in the line of fire for this country, not once, but THREE TIMES. And all that while setting aside a potentially very lucrative NFL career start to do so.
Who's the real hero here?
The question answers itself.
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