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USAT: Giants Wire

Feb 20, 2022

Former New York Giants linebacker Spencer Paysinger grew up in South Los Angeles and throughout his career, he never lost sight of where he came from or where his roots were buried. - After playing at the University of Oregon, Paysinger signed with the Giants as an undrafted free agent the season the Giants won Super Bowl XLVI. - Paysinger recently sat down with Brandon London, another former Giants Super Bowl champion, to discuss his part in the making of the CW Network show ‘All American’ — a show is based on Paysinger’s life growing up in the Crenshaw neighborhood of Los Angeles. - Paysinger credited his family for his motivation and the creativity that’s led him to several of these projects in his post-playing career. - “It wasn’t until the show aired that I had a bunch of my former teammates reach out and be like, ‘Yo, I actually want to apologize to you because we just thought you were this white washed, Oreo kid that didn’t have the same perspective as us that are from the inner city.’ And I just told them, ‘The experience that y’all had as a freshman at Oregon, I got that initial shock at 13-years-old at Beverly,'” Paysinger recently told Giants.com. - “So by the time I got to college, this was nothing. This was just a bigger playground for me, whereas you guys were still trying to find your footing being a minority in this big old space.” - When it came to making the show “All American,” Paysinger teamed up with a producer Dane Morck, who had a very different path of life while growing up in the same area with similar circles between the two. - Paysinger is now a part of a production company, “More street productions” with Morck, and is working with Michael Strahan on a documentary about Bishop Sycamore High School. - Paysinger’s name is not one many Giants fans will remember as they look back on the Super Bowl XLVI team, but clearly he has has parlayed his career and his path to the NFL into something much bigger than his time in the league. - Follow the Giants Wire Podcast: - Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts - - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Giants Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Giants Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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