Reviews
This is an important book and David did a terrific job. It’s the perfect documentation of a talent-rich community that seems to be in a never-ending circle of drugs, violence and poverty, and of how the choices kids make can affect their whole lives. I highly recommend it for football fans, counselors, youth coaches… parents and athletes everywhere.
--Who's No. 1? (blog)
David Dorsey offers a deeper look at the relationship among football, felons and Fort Meyers.
--The Washington Times
It’s a 200-page chunk of the American Dream.
--Florida Weekly
Offers a sociological study of the type of urban crisis growing rapidly in this country.
--Bulletin: The Magazine of Choate Rosemary Hall
An outstanding new book.
--Fox Sports
[A] probing history of a poor, drug-riddled Florida neighborhood that cranks out NFLers, from Prime Time to Sammy Watkins.
--Sports Illustrated
Bravely tackl[es] difficult and sensitive issues of race and economic disparity. Fourth Down in Dunbar provides important reminders that, when the true opponent is found on the streets rather than across the line of scrimmage, sport in American society is about so much more than the scoreboard. Young lives, not wins and losses, hang in the balance.
--Kansas Alumni