Detroit Lions exec tells N.C. A&T grads to be high performers during commencement exercises

Detroit Lions exec tells N.C. A&T grads to be high performers during commencement exercises

"Do you wake up thinking you have to do something, or do you wake up thinking I get to do something," Brad Holmes asked graduates.

Lions GM Brad Holmes delivers powerful speech at his alma mater

Kimberly P. Mitchell / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes delivered a powerful speech at his alma mater: North Carolina A&T State. Over the weekend, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes went back to his roots. He traveled back to his alma mater North Carolina A&T State University to deliver the commencement speech to the graduating class. You can see a short clip of it—courtesy of the Greensboro New…