Floyd Miley Can Fly: The Miracle at South Bend (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781535327862)

Overcoming adversity is an invaluable skill that Floyd has mastered. As a youth, he overcame the stigma of an "At-risk youth" to earn a football scholarship to the University of Tennessee. The Volunteer overcame systemic failure to have an outstanding career. He was a two-year starter; two-time Sporting News All SEC 2nd Team; four year letterman; and recipient of the Andy Spiva Award for Most Improved Defensive Player. The legend will always be highly regarded in Tennessee football lore for his 85-yard blocked field goal return for a touchdown igniting the improbable comeback win against Notre Dame in the Miracle at South Bend. Currently, he is a Sales Support Sr. Analyst with Dell working exclusively with Symantec. He has enjoyed successful tenures with other Fortune 500 companies such as Service Source International, Inc., Sprint and SunTrust Bank. He holds a theology degree from American Baptist College in Nashville, MBA from Strayer University, and a degree in Sociology from Tennessee. In 2016, he launched Iron Sharpens Iron, Inc., an organization dedicated to empowering and uplifting the black community allocating resources economically, legally, and socially that will enhance quality of life. Floyd is garnering considerable acclaim from literary critics and audiences as an aspiring author, bible scholar, speaker, minister, and entrepreneur. Since 2014, Floyd has been an annual keynote presenter at the Annual Black Issues Conferences at the University of Tennessee. He has made guest appearances or been featured in/on News Channel 5 Sports Line, The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Goforthe2.com, The Sports Source, American Hope Radio, Just Men TV, The Sports Animal, Knoxville News Sentinel, The Tennessean, and Marvin West's 'Legends of the Tennessee Vols.