Buffalo Bills star running back LeSean McCoy suffered a serious ankle injury in high school. He went to Milford Academy to recover. There, he got over tough times and became the player he is today.

     Seated at a long mahogany table with a stone chess set in the middle, Adrian Sapnas leans back in a spinny chair, swivels his head from left to right with eyes wide. He looks over the cheaply-framed photo gallery like they are Rembrandts and Picassos.

     The snap shots are of men in football uniforms. There�s Florida, Syracuse, Auburn, Boston College, Miami and on and on. These are masterpieces of coach Bill Chaplick and dreams of players like Sapnas.

     "Oh yeah, this is my favorite room," the running back says, smiling.

     Sapnas is from Springfield, Pa., where he grew up watching LeSean McCoy, though his twitter handle - @adrian_petersap - is dedicated to another top running back who shares his namesake. At Marple Newton School district, a small suburban school with around 3,500 kids, he was as dominant as McCoy or AP. The 5-foot-10, 185-pound back broke single season and career rushing records at his school and led the county in touchdowns. But the cordial young man wasn�t highly recruited. Colleges spent their time looking at more hyped running backs at bigger high schools.

     Rather than test the junior college waters and use two years of eligibility, he came to Milford Academy, looked at the conference room walls and decided he could one day earn a spot next to McCoy.