# @mindpriority on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DeW9suJKRNx
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71546051-mindpriority-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/e963fce0df.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-10-11T15:25:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Tremel (@TremelSJ) — https://gondola.cc/TremelSJ

## Caption

Nobody Believed in Him. He Believed Anyway. 🎭🏈

Josh Allen (born May 21, 1996) is an American professional football quarterback for the Buffalo Bills of the NFL. Born in Firebaugh, California, Allen grew up playing football with dreams of competing at the highest level. Despite his size, athletic ability, and passion for the game, he received little recruiting attention coming out of high school and no Division I scholarship offers. Determined to continue his football career, Allen enrolled at Reedley College, a junior college in California, before earning an opportunity to play at the University of Wyoming. In 2018, he was selected seventh overall by the Buffalo Bills in the NFL Draft and eventually developed into one of the league’s premier quarterbacks, earning the 2024 NFL Most Valuable Player award.

In this video, Josh Allen reflects on his early football journey and the uncertainty of being an overlooked high school quarterback. As he speaks about his experience with college recruiting and the lack of interest from major football programs, the video transitions between his younger years and highlights of his NFL career with the Buffalo Bills. The contrast captures the remarkable transformation of a young athlete who struggled to receive a single Division I scholarship offer into an NFL MVP competing among the best quarterbacks in professional football. His journey represents perseverance, discipline, self-belief, and the importance of continuing to pursue your dreams even when the opportunities you hoped for have not arrived.

Sometimes the hardest part of chasing your dreams isn’t the work itself. It’s continuing to believe in something when nobody around you can see what you’re trying to become. When the opportunities aren’t coming, when your name isn’t being mentioned, and when everyone else seems to be moving ahead of you.

Being overlooked doesn’t mean you’re incapable. It just means the world hasn’t seen what you’re capable of yet.

You don’t need everyone to believe in your future. Sometimes you just need enough belief in yourself to keep going until the right opportunity arrives.

Change your view… @mindpriority

#jos

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