'A Football Life' To Feature Minneapolis Native Larry Fitzgerald

NFL Network's "A Football Life" series continues Friday, Nov. 10 with a profile of Minneapolis native and current Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald. The one-hour show produced by NFL Films features sit-down interviews with Fitzgerald, former Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Cris Carter, and Mike Pendino, who coached Fitzgerald at the Academy of Holy Angels in Richfield.

Fitzgerald spent his teenage years working as ball boy for the Vikings. In his NFL career, he's been selected to 10 Pro Bowls, and with more than 1100 receptions he ranks third on the NFL's all-time list. Larry Fitzgerald: A Football Life examines Fitzgerald's impact on and off the field during his 14-year career and his remarkable football life.

Among the topics discussed in Larry Fitzgerald: A Football Life are:

• Larry's struggle with his grades and his time at Valley Forge Military Academy that fueled his motivation to make it to college and the NFL
• His time serving as a ball boy for the Minnesota Vikings as a teenager and learning from the likes of Randy Moss and Hall of Famer Cris Carter
• How he coped with the death of his mother while he was a student at the University of Pittsburgh and how he honors her today
• His love of traveling and visiting 96 countries
• His incredible playoff run leading to Super Bowl XLIII
• Reinventing himself as a slot receiver after Bruce Arians became the Cardinals head coach
• How his philanthropic work earned him the NFL's Walter Payton Man of the Year Award following the 2016 season

Actor Josh Charles will narrate the film. The film includes interviews with the following people:

• Larry Fitzgerald
• Larry Fitzgerald Sr. – Father
• Ron Wolfley – Cardinals radio analyst
• Steve Keim – Cardinals general manager
• Carson Palmer – Cardinals quarterback
• Adrian Wilson – Former Cardinals safety
• David Johnson – Cardinals running back
• Cris Carter – Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver
• Bruce Arians – Cardinals head coach
• Todd Haley – Former Cardinals offensive coordinator
• John McCain – U.S. Senator/Arizona
• Michael Bidwill – Cardinals President
• Ike Taylor – Former Steelers cornerback
• Richard Sherman – Seahawks cornerback
• Mike Pendino – High School Coach
• Mark Dalton – Cardinals Senior Vice President, Media Relations

"I can't tell you how gratifying it's been over all these years walking through airports or somewhere shopping and somebody tell you that your son really touched them or what a great person he is." – Larry Fitzgerald Sr.

Larry Fitzgerald: A Football Life airs Friday at 8:00 p.m. central. Below is a broadcast schedule for the remaining episodes of A Football Life:

• November 17 – Eddie George
• November 24 – Joe Gibbs
• December 1 – Jerry Jones
• December 8 – Aeneas Williams
• December 15 – John Randle
• December 22 – Lynn Swann & John Stallworth

Photo credit: In this photo released by the NFL, Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald poses for a photo during a Super Bowl Honor Roll gold ball ceremony at the Academy of Holy Angels on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 in Minneapolis. (Andy Clayton-King/AP Images for National Football League)