For Jacksonville Jaguars right tackle Anton Harrison, every snap, every block, is fueled by the woman who inspired him the most— his grandmother, Virgie Mae Wiley.

Harrison said growing up, he was always close with his family.

“My family, we’re a small, tight-knit family,” Harrison said. Growing up in D.C., everybody stayed in D.C. So, we were always together.”

He said after school, he and his little brother made the same walk straight to grandma’s house.

“I was always in the kitchen with her,” Harrison said. “She got me eating things I never thought I would eat before — like beef liver.”

Memories from inside that kitchen still make him smile.

“Me and my little brother, we used to always be at her house, and she had nicknames for us,” Harrison said. “I was Shrek and my little brother

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