# @smeharbinger on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DAlXhM1Jkqs
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/23761370-smeharbinger-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/2f699b7e04.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-10-01T13:52:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Harbinger (@SMEHarbinger) — https://gondola.cc/SMEHarbinger

## Caption

Then-freshman Brock Rider walked into Kansas City Country Club for his first ever homecoming dinner with a fresh buzz cut, black and white suit and his date in his arm — a football.

Noticing the piano in the corner, Brock offered to play for his friends who were expecting a simple and quick rendition of a beginner-level song from the over-205-pound linebacker.

Instead, Brock set down his football and began playing anything from Mozart to “Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey — hitting every key on the piano perfectly. His friends stood around the piano, eyes wide and jaws dropped, singing along whispering a “How does he actually know this?” during pauses in the lyrics.
 
Now junior and 275-pound lineman Brock goes from bench pressing 300 pounds and tackling his teammates at practice to sitting at a piano for an hour practicing the newest piece he’s teaching himself by ear.

“Most people are just blown away and don't even know what to say, because they see me and they think sports [is] all he does,’” Brock said. “They think all that I do is play football, and I'm just this big meathead, which I'm not.”

Brock has grown up surrounded by football and found a love for the sport ever since he could throw footballs around with his dad, while also gaining an innate talent for music. Brock balances the two drastically different passions and uses his skills from one to benefit the other.

To read more, click the link in bio.

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