A four-year letterman with the Michigan State Spartans, Kaleb Thornhill started three years at middle linebacker.
He was also named a four-time All-Academic Big Ten selection and was elected team captain in 2007. Thornhill recorded 227 career tackles with 20.5 yards for losses in his collegiate career and was named Michigan State’s Potsy Ross Scholar/Athlete Award in 2007. The award is given to the team’s top senior scholar-athlete.
Kaleb Thornhill was told by his late father Charles “Mad Dog” Thornhill that “you have much bigger things for your life beyond football”.
Although he didn’t understand what they would be at the time, Kaleb kept searching for his purpose on earth throughout his playing career and realized why God gave him football. He found that most people he played with thought football was their calling in life and quickly realized how lives were dismantled, lacked purpose, and on a path of destruction.
With a relentless pursuit, Kaleb devoted every single second, minute, and hour finding solutions to ensure that no football player would fail once the game was no longer a part of their life.
He introduced a revolutionary player development program at Michigan State University while working under the Athletic Director. After that, he worked for the Detroit Lions in Player Development as an intern then received his big break at the age of 25.
