(Eurweb) – But on this day we’re here to give props to a young man by the name of Matthew Cherry and, trust us when we say, he’s a brother on the verge.  Cherry, 29, was first brought to my attention by a mutual friend.  His name did sound familiar but, though his moniker screamed ‘show business’ I had the feeling I remembered him from a different type of ‘show.’  He’s a former football standout at the University of Akron and was even good enough to get some NFL burn. So, how does one go from playing football to film director on the rise?  “When I was going to school I was an athlete and I majored in radio and television production,” Cherry explained. “I always knew that when I got finished playing ball that I wanted to work in communication. I went to school in Ohio and there weren’t many opportunities for video work outside of standard news and radio. Around about my second year in the league I ran into a friend who had interned at a radio station in Ohio and he invited me out to L.A., and I had never been before in my life.”

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