"Whenever you get a chance to change your life overnight, it was a great feeling to sign that paper and know things are going to be different from here on out." From $40K on 20 pairs of shoes to $300K directly into savings, find out how Mecole Hardman made, spent and saved his first million dollars in the NFL.

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