Tennessee Volunteers football star DeSean Bishop knows firsthand how a relationship with God can transform a life.
“My Lord and Savior is treating me very good, more than I honestly deserve, you know,” Bishop declared at SEC Media Days last week. “Like I said, I don’t really deserve to be in front of y’all. But by His grace and His salvation, He saved me from a really dark place, a path of destruction that I was on, and man, it was leading me down to a place I didn’t need to be, you know.”
“So when God swooped in and saved my life for what it to be, I mean, it came with all this that I receive now,” he emphasized. “So all glory to Him, man. If you are out there and don’t don’t know much about Him, man, I encourage you to at least try to find a relationship with Him, man, because it’ll change your life for the better.”
Sports Spectrum reported that he ran for 1,076 yards with 16 touchdowns last season.
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“I have the mindset of not getting tackled and just fighting for as much yards as I can every time I touch the ball, just utilizing every carry I get because it could be limited,” he said in his press conference of his mindset when he gets the ball.
Bishop strives to share the gospel with his teammates too, calling it a “daily battle to live the way that I live.”
“When somebody sees something different in me, I want that difference to be the Lord,” he said. “So just by the way I live my life, you know, I just try to encourage them to get on the right path, because realistically all this stuff we chase is temporary. We’re chasing the eternal things.”
In his opening statement on Media Day, he used his first opportunity to talk about his faith.
“First and foremost, before we begin, I want to give all glory to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,” Bishop said. “I can pretend like this day is about me, but it’s really about Him. Ultimately, I would not be up here without Him, and He’s been the difference in my life. I encourage anyone out there, if you’re seeking a relationship with Him, go get it, because it does make the difference in everything you do. So all glory to Him.”
By grounding his life and athletic platform in his faith, Bishop demonstrates that true success comes from honoring God and pointing others toward an eternal, life-changing relationship with Him.
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