DALTON, Mass. — By any reasonable measure, Keith Willis has been a success in sports and in life.
And the former NFL tight end probably inspired a little awe among the Wahconah High School student-athletes who filled the Nessacus Middle School auditorium on Wednesday evening.
But he did not come to show off. He came to show those students how to be winners themselves.
“How many think it’s cool that I played for five different NFL teams?” Willis said, asking for a show of hands from the youngsters. “It’s pretty cool, right?