Vernon M Turner

Website: www.vernonturner.com

* Vernon Turner (VT) - was born January 6th 1967, in

Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. He moved to

Staten Island New York in 1973; he is the Oldest of five

siblings, (two brothers and two sisters).

* Vernon attended Curtis High School (1983-1986) where he

all-stared in football and track.

* He received a full athletic scholarship to Carson-Newman

University from 1986-1989 where he was named honorable

mention All-American in football. Carson-Newman went to the

National title game 4 out of 4 years Turner was there, and

won it 3 times.

* Against unthinkable odds, Turner played at the professional

ranks for 8 years (Buffalo Bills, L.A. Rams, Detroit Lions

Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Frankfurt Galaxy (in Germany) and

Scottish Claymores (in Scotland).

* Vernon was part of the 1990 Buffalo Bills super bowl team.

He was honored several times with the NFL special team

Player Of The Week award.

* In 1994, Turner also had the good fortune in being the first

person ever in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers history to return a punt

for a touchdown.

* Vernon also travels nationwide, sharing his life experiences

by way of inspirational speaking for various programs,

schools and businesses. He also enjoys training athletes for

their upcoming seasons.

* Turner found the time… and courage to write and release

his candid self-published autobiography in 2011 titled,

The Next Level: A Game I Had To Play!

* Vernon is now on a mission to change and save lives with

his heart wrenching and truly inspiring life story by

reincarnating his autobiography into a feature film; the

working title is, 'RELENTLESS' (Currently in pre-production).