former bengals wide receiver andrew hawkins has been required by the cleveland browns in a multimillion-dollar deal, arguably one of fastest players on roster and the shortest at five seven. but fast, oh, boy. hawkins didn't break into the nfl conventional way. the star wideout for the browns is here with us with an inspirational story. thank you for coming on. great to see you. how does it feel to be with the browns? >> it feels good. it feels good. excited to be here. actually where it all started. getting excited about last year's season and building upon next year. gerri: i was shocked how fast you were. you can move. no wonder they picked you up. i know your story is amazing and you had to leave the country to get into the nfl. you went to the montreal aloe wets. tell us what happened from there and how you managed this trek, this very arduous trek. >> well i went to the cfl, like you said in the canadian football league. coming out of college, i didn't get picked up. and one thing led to another. i was able to get to canada and parlay that into an opportunity in the nfl. gerri: you went

rebounded from multiple bankruptcies like larry smith here or beat all the odds in the nfl like andrew hawkinsy signed wide receiver for the cleveland browns we want to bring you positive headlines that impact your life. people are wanting to do that right away. we want to spotlight that. our next guest calls himself an average joe but he saved $60,000 on a $40,000 salary. joining me a special education teacher and financial literacy coach from georgia. author of simple book of financial wisdom, teach your kids how to live wealthy with little money. danny, welcome. >> thanks, gerri for having me on. gerri: great to have you here. all right, let's start with the story how you were able to set aside all this money. what was your savings plan? >> well, we just did a dollar-cost-average. when my wife and i tracy got married 14 years ago we started setting money aside for our retirement. every single month a set amount comes out of our paychecks before we have a chance to see it, touch it, get used to it and spend it. so it is taken out invested dollar-cost-average into mutual funds. over the cours

how to score the perfect retirement touchdown with nfl wide receiver andrew hawkins.hing out for you on "the willis report." gerri: our top story tonight, liberals