Isaiah Wright on life after prison and 'Last Chance U'

Wright is playing football for the first time in two years. He’s in a pay-to-play league, engaged and an expecting father now.

He was a college athlete then, landing at Division II West Georgia after two seasons at East Mississippi Community College.

He left school in the middle of spring midterms when his grandmother fell ill and had no one to take care of her. He returned home to Harriman, Tennessee, and was in serious legal trouble months later.

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