A Long, Winding Path to Salvation ; Broncos Offensive Tackle Left Lifestyle to Follow God

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Matt Lepsis was having a blast -- doing drugs, partying and even playing in NFL games while he was high.

The Denver Broncos offensive lineman had established himself as one of the league's more underrated left tackles and was rolling in money, having signed a four-year, $25 million contract before the 2006 season.

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A Long, Winding Path to Salvation ; Broncos Offensive Tackle Left Lifestyle to Follow God

The last thing on his mind was God.

Every day when he woke, the first thing he did was get high. He enjoyed the effect drugs had on him. He was no longer painfully shy around his wife or at the parties they attended.

"For the first six games of the year, I was high," Lepsis said of the 2007 season.

By his choice, that season would be his last in the NFL.

Lepsis left it all -- the game, the drugs, the money -- to follow God.

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