An unexpected path to the NFL

CHARLOTTE - Football wasn't always Eddy Piñeiro's dream. But once he chose that path, he knew he had to give it everything he had, because he had already seen what sacrifice looked like.

So his father, Eddy Pineiro Sr., told him they'd take no shortcuts on that journey - even if it meant sleeping in cars along the way.

In 2015, 19-year-old Eddy Jr. began seriously cultivating his craft as a placekicker