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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -Former Penn State cornerback Adam Taliaferro will be one step closer to getting back into sports when he graduates from law school Thursday.
It's been nearly eight years since Taliaferro, then a freshman, suffered a severe neck injury while making a tackle during a game at Ohio State. Doctors initially feared he would never walk again after he was motionless on the field for minutes.
But Taliaferro said Wednesday he has recovered to the point where, when walking, some people don't "even recognize I have the injury, which is good." He's on an elliptical machine for an hour every day, but not yet running.
He's excited about finishing his three years at Rutgers School of Law-Camden and moving on to a job in September at Montgomery McCracken, a Philadelphia law firm at which he has interned.
Taliaferro will be working in the labor and employment division, but he said there is flexibility to pursue opportunities in the firm's sports and entertainment department in the future. That's in line with his interest in becoming a sports agent.
"That's really why I initially got involved in law," he said in a phone interview. "The sports thing is always in the back of my mind, and if it presents itself, I will jump" at the opportunity.
First, he's got to pass the Pennsylvania and New Jersey bar exams in July. His hometown is Voorhees, N.J., and he wants to stay in the Philadelphia area, in part, because it's about a four-hour drive from Penn State.
His former coach, Joe Paterno, called Taliaferro a hero.
"Adam has been an inspiration to everyone at our university and many others," Paterno said in a statement. "He is courageous, dedicated and an example of being able to overcome extreme adversity."
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