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JJ Watt's Journey To The NFL

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JJ Watt’s journey to the NFL was not easy. He had to go through many struggles. Justin James Watt was born on March 22, 1989 in Pewaukee, Wisconsin and was the oldest out of his two other brothers. JJ Watt played football in highschool and in 2007 he went to Central Michigan as a tight end. Watt claims that growing up in Wisconsin meant liking the Wisconsin Badgers, so at a very young age JJ Watt had always idolized them and wanted to play for them. Unfortunately he didn't get a scholarship offer from Wisconsin, so when he played at Central Michigan. He knew his passion for wanting to play for Wisconsin, so he transferred to Wisconsin to play football, but since he wanted to play football he would have to sit out for a season. To keep him busy

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