Former Cowboys DB Everson Walls Talks Lessons Learned Through Hardships In Life

Dallas TX

16 August, 2021

3:44 PM

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CBS Dallas/Fort Worth August 16, 2021 Everson Walls grew up in the Hamilton Park section of Dallas, just a few miles from the Dallas Cowboys practice facility. Reaching the NFL became his lifelong dream. But, at age 14, Walls spent time in a juvenile detention center. He admits that experience proved that "I was not meant for jail." Walls would rebound to eventually earn a scholarship to Grambling State. Despite being an All-American, he went undrafted. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.