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When Aaron was 14 years old,
he had just started to hit puberty, and he went to UConn camp, and he absolutely dominated
every single player at the camp. So they offered him a scholarship
warranted at the age of 14. Aaron, being Aaron, was so happy
and so joyful and so excited to just have a scholarship offered
just from doing what he loves to do, he went and said,
"Yeah, I'm coming to UConn." His brother, DJ,
was a quarterback at the school already. UConn was actually making
the smart move of trying to attract a recruit early
with family ties by making sure they're
the first scholarship offer. The Hernandez family
in the Bristol community was known as, um, a sports family
he had just started to hit puberty, and he went to UConn camp, and he absolutely dominated
every single player at the camp. So they offered him a scholarship
warranted at the age of 14. Aaron, being Aaron, was so happy
and so joyful and so excited to just have a scholarship offered
just from doing what he loves to do, he went and said,
"Yeah, I'm coming to UConn." His brother, DJ,
was a quarterback at the school already. UConn was actually making
the smart move of trying to attract a recruit early
with family ties by making sure they're
the first scholarship offer. The Hernandez family
in the Bristol community was known as, um, a sports family
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When Aaron was 14 years old,
he had just started to hit puberty,
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and he went to UConn camp,
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and he absolutely dominated
every single player at the camp.
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So they offered him a scholarship
warranted at the age of 14.
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Aaron, being Aaron, was so happy
and so joyful and so excited
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to just have a scholarship offered
just from doing what he loves to do,
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he went and said,
"Yeah, I'm coming to UConn."
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His brother, DJ,
was a quarterback at the school already.
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UConn was actually making
the smart move
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of trying to attract a recruit early
with family ties
00:00:35.284 --> 00:00:37.874
by making sure they're
the first scholarship offer.
00:00:39.058 --> 00:00:41.041
The Hernandez family
in the Bristol community
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was known as, um, a sports family.
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Movie Summary
A three-part documentary series examining what led to the murderous fall and shocking death of former NFL superstar Aaron Hernandez.
