Rashad Jennings sits inside his New Jersey home across the Hudson River.
Two days before, he rushed for a career-high 176 yards in the New York Giants’ 30-17 victory against the Houston Texans in Week 3. He dedicated the game to his father, Albert Jennings, a double amputee who lost his legs to diabetes.

Jennings looks down at his blank piece of paper, silent and reflective.

Here he is, the starting running back for the New York Giants, in the biggest city in the country…