TAMPA -- They say hindsight is 20/20.
When Kahzin Daniels looks back at his life, he sees the moment that changed it forever.
“I was about 5 years old on a summer night, riding my scooter, and I ran into an abandoned building,” Daniels recounts. "it was like an abandoned house and I ran into a pole.”
His face hit the metal pole. Daniels lost sight in his right eye.
"Afterwards, I had to wear an eye patch. And growing up, kids teased me and things like that,” Daniels said. "But I really think it cemented who I was from an early age and really just created a person that was introverted and really focused.”
That focus allowed him to defy odds on the football field — playing at Division II University of Charleston and becoming an NFL prospect.
"Some teams that I told, they didn’t believe me at first,” Daniels said.
Most people, including NFL scouts and even his own girlfriend, had no idea he was blind in one eye.
Bucs defensive coordinator, Todd Bowles didn’t find out until a couple of days before the NFL draft. That’s how good Daniels was at the collegiate level.
For him, limited vision isn’t a problem.
"If I’m on the left side, and I have to look down the line to see the snap, see the ball snap, it’s a simple turn of the head,” Daniels explained. "No major adjustments or anything like that.”
Daniels, who played defensive end in college, has moved to outside linebacker in the Bucs’ new 3-4 scheme.
"Impressive on tape, and he has a heck f a get off. I mean, he was coming off the edge pretty solid today,” Arians said. "So, I’m anxious to see him grow as a player, and I don’t think he has any limitations.”
He’s become one of the most inspiring stories of the NFL.
"Just a warm feeling to be able to impact young, impressionable lives like that,” Daniels said. "I have a platform now and I look forward to reaching out to more kids.”
Whether Daniels makes the 53-man roster or not, he has one message he wants everyone to hear.
"Inspiring more kids, and people in general to just, do what they want to do,” Daniels said. “Don’t let a disability stop you from doing anything you want to do in life."