Aaron Donald was truly a one-of-a-kind athlete.

For a decade, no defensive player in the NFL drew more fear, or more double-teams than Donald, who was named Defensive Player of the Year three times in four years from 2017 to ’20.

How did Donald get so dominant? By taking absolutely no days off.

As quarterback Matthew Stafford recently noted in a story told to Travis and Jason Kelce while appearing as a guest on their podcast New Heights, Donald simply did not know how to not go 100% in the weight room.

Stafford relayed the story of a young Rams fan who, after beating cancer or another serious disease, had wished to spend a day with Donald.

“High school kid. Bigger kid. Loved to play football. So A.D. is like, ‘Cool, come workout with me,’” Stafford said. “Immediately, I was like, ‘Whoa what’s about to go down.'”

Sure enough, Donald went as hard as ever hitting the weights.

“Thirty minutes in, A.D. is just ripping curls out,” Stafford said. “Next thing you know, this kid is puking in the trash can in the hallway.”

At that point, the Kelce brothers burst out laughing.

First off, heck yeah to that young fan beating his disease and living his dream. While Donald certainly might have gone a bit harder than necessary given the context of the situation, at the same time, if you’re a high school football player who wants to work out with Aaron Donald, you probably want the whole experience.

To hear Stafford tell it, he got just that.

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