Parker Holmes

Football's Rising Stars Parker Holmes

On the biggest stage in American sports there are few special players who have the combination of sheer talent and the indomitable will to win; they become icons of the game. Whatever "it" is—that elusive, inherent ability that the best possess, and which leads them to the pinnacle of their sport—these players have it. Cam Newton and Tim Tebow are perhaps the two youngest players who best represent the qualities that winners must possess to become true champions in the NFL. This series explores their past and present successes, both in college and in the NFL.