Our families tend to have an everlasting impact on our personal and professional lives, and Reggie Gilliam wears this conditioning with pride. The Buffalo Bills bagged their first victory in the NFL on the 8th, and the fans have all the athletes to credit, including Gilliam. The 27-year-old learned this indomitable spirit from his military family, which helped him intimidate the opposing defense.

That’s right, Gilliam, an NFL superstar, comes from a family of patriots who have served this nation at one point or another. With the Bills off to a good start, this is the perfect opportunity for you to learn about what kind of people helped raise a potential Super Bowl champ.

Who is the couple that raised Reggie Gilliam?

Reggie Travon Gilliam was born on August 20, 1997, to parents Reginald and Linda Gilliam. While it is not confirmed where the fullback got his name from, it seems like he serves as a living tribute to his father, who partly helped him become the man that we see on the gridiron today.

To start with, Reginald’s father was also in the Army. He was highly influenced by the American vision and decided to follow in his father’s footsteps as soon as he got out of school. Reginald graduated high school on Friday and started his basic on the next Monday and eventually served in the Army as well. As expected, he is a disciplined individual, and this love for order was shared by his wife, too.

Although Linda Gilliam was a field administrator for the Department of Transportation, her father was also in the Army. As a result, she was acquainted and well-painted with all the military virtues that Reginald had acquired from his father. Having both parents from a highly disciplined background really helped inculcate the required traits in Reggie to allow him to chase his dream. As a sportsman, one is required to stay focused on his or her dream. Staying focused on your dream on the most difficult of days is the highest form of self-love, and thanks to Reggie’s family, he was used to it growing up.

This is not the only thing that his family taught him. Turns out, Reggie has also always been somebody who believes that sharing is caring. His parents once revealed how he would share all his $300 snacks with his floormates that they would get him when visiting him in college.

It is clear that having disciplined parents with a military background really helped Reggie Gilliam grow up into the star that we see today on the field.