Randolph Lowe '23 Recruiting Profile

The word “doubt” can provoke an individual in many ways. Doubt can literally beat you down, take your confidence, and your stride toward success. Doubt has fueled a fire within me and drove me to fight against all the negatives and turn it into fuel to ignite my passions.

In my junior year, I experienced a lot of doubt. After a heart-breaking loss in the semifinals of our football season, there were many comments and articles about whether my team would have another good season. Around the same time, I had an opportunity to play football on a national level but that did not work out as I thought it would. This made me doubt my abilities. I questioned my grades and what college opportunities I would have. When the opportunity came back around to play football nationally, I decided to make a change and transferred school. When I switched schools, the amount of doubt I was hit with was more than I accounted for.  People were saying “you’re not good enough” and “your grades are still bad you won’t play.” Doubt filled my head during this time and put me in a place where I didn’t care about much until I had a moment of realization; that I can’t sit and weep about what I have not achieved or what opportunities I don’t have, and I had to take action. Finally, my breakthrough came! During training camp, I was pushed and challenged beyond what I thought I was capable of. I found myself surrounded by new people with the same goals and passion I had. As I excelled on the football field, it became contagious throughout my life. I excelled in the classroom by bringing up my grades.

What I have learned and continue to learn, is that doubt can break you or make you a better person. You have to be comfortable with the uncomfortable and go get what you want whether you have the support or not. When those around me began to doubt me, I used that to fuel my desire. This is one of the many reasons I push for being a better person every day and getting the most out of what I have for myself and my family. I know I am capable and more than enough I know that I will face obstacles and others will doubt my ability to succeed.  I know that I will be uncomfortable at times but at the end of the day, there is no doubt in my mind that I will succeed in life and not be denied.