❌ Maxx Crosby’s Inspiring Story to the Top!
- Zaid Malik
- Mar 6
- 2 min read
On March 11th, 2020, Raiders pass-rusher Maxx Crosby visited a rehabilitation facility to help battle his ongoing problems with alcohol addiction. Poetically, almost 5 years later to the day he signed a contract that was the largest Non-QB contract in NFL history! Unbelievable!
Everybody is battling. Everybody. After his rookie year, you would have thought Maxx Crosby was on top of the world. He had just had a great rookie campaign with the then Oakland Raiders, he came 2nd in Rookie of the Year voting, he totaled 10 sacks and looked to one day be a cornerstone of the Raiders franchise, yet there was much more behind the scenes.
In the offseason, he reverted back to who he was in High School and College. He partied to an unimaginable extent in the offseason, not just for fun, but because he felt like he needed to. There’s too much of the story to properly cover it here, but he’s done interviews and podcasts regarding his past, and the turning point he remembers that brought him to his sobriety.
Even those who you think are on top may be battling. It was unbelievably courageous of Maxx to detail his past a couple of years ago, many would try to hide that part of them. He instead embraced it as who he had been, and used it as a reminder of why he plays the game.
Just yesterday Crosby signed a 3-year, $106.5-million deal with the Raiders that includes $91.5 million guaranteed. Again, this will make him the highest paid non-QB in NFL history.
Goosebumps!
If you have some time today, watch one of his interviews (here’s one from the NFL).
It’s incredible how the difference between being on top of the world and being at rock bottom is just how much of the story you know! Everybody has something, Maxx said the biggest thing is just stacking days, one day at a time, no matter what it is you want to accomplish.
Awesome for Maxx! Awesome for the Raiders! Awesome story!
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