Heart of A Champion

By Daniel Boyette
Alabama Press Register
January 27, 2010

Jeremiah Castille knows all about success on the football field. He played under legendary Alabama coach Paul “Bear” Bryant for four years, won a national championship, earned All-American honors and enjoyed a six-year pro career that included a trip to Super Bowl XXII.

Castille, 49, is still involved in the game, but he now works behind the scenes and from the sidelines. For eight years, the former defensive back has worked to strengthen the spiritual and personal lives of Alabama’s Crimson Tide players as the team’s chaplain.

“It gives me access to be involved in the lives of the football players on a personal basis,” Castille said Sunday night after speaking at Abiding Love Fellowship church. “We get a chance to share God’s word with them; we get to minister to them. And I get a chance to do that on a weekly basis. We set aside a time where the guys that want to come can come hear a message before the game every week. What’s neat about that is it brings a level of comfort and assurance to players, that when they can hear the word of God relating to right where they’re at and the needs that they have.”

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