Gregory O'Neal:  

In 1980 after graduating from High School, I tried out for a Cerritos Junior College Football Team with my one of my best friends and we were told we were too small, so I enlisted into the Army after the love of my life and I split up. I was Honorably Discharged in 1981 and began going to kicking camps to enhance the already great kicking skills I possessed. In 1983 while working at Toys R Us in Cerritos, I had a 2-week tryout with the USFL's L.A. Express and then in 1985 was signed for training camp with the Dallas Cowboys, but was waived due to injury. I was away from football for 5 years, working dead end jobs, partying and doing all of the things I didn't want to do. But in 1989 I decided to further my education after being on my death bed from drugs and made a decision to change and did. In 1990 I received my A.A. Degree in Mechanical Engineering and started to work out with Henry Ellard of the L.A. Rams at the Cerritos College Football Stadium. After many calls and negotiations, I was invited to a training camp sponsored by the LA Rams in 1992 and had tryouts and contract negotiations with teams like the SF 49ers, SD Chargers, PA Eagles, NY Jets and AZ Cardinals, while playing Semi Pro Football in Washington State and the top Punter in the nation. I married in 1993 and have 2 gorgeous daughters and divorced in 2002. I was trying to steer my career into coaching college football and coached Pop Warner, JR. High, High School, Semi Pro and College Football with great success. In 2002 while tutoring a punter in the NCAA, I was seriously thinking of signing a 3-year contract with the New Orleans Saints, but decided to pursue a more lucrative career in Real Estate Investments and after 3 years of research and development, I had much success, until after the real estate market crash starting in 2006. For myself, life has had its ups and d...Expand for more