Kurt Warner's story is so unbelievable, they made a movie out of it.
The best part of Warner's journey from undrafted prospect to Super Bowl MVP to the Pro Football Hall of Fame is his stop as a $5.50-an-hour, minimum wage worker in 1994 at a Hy-Vee in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he stocked shelves on the graveyard shift.
On Monday, during cllct's eBay Live auction before the "Monday Night Football" game between the Miami Dolphins and Los Angeles Rams, cllct will auction off a signed Hy-Vee bag from Warner that reads: "From Hy-Vee to the Hall! Kurt Warner." Our eBay Live show begins at 6:30 p.m. ET, leading into the game.
After being cut by the Green Bay Packers, having not seen the field, Warner went back to Iowa, where he had previously played at University of Northern Iowa. While waiting to hear from the Arena League's Iowa Barnstormers, he took the job at Hy-Vee as one of 22 people who stocked shelves at night.
Warner would unload trucks, fill the shelves and, if a customer came in, he would bag groceries at the register. When the night was over, other employees would go home and get some sleep. Warner would go work out.
For six months, Warner never missed a day of work. He even worked on Christmas Day that year. Five years later, he also made "minimum wage" as the starter for the St. Louis Rams and led them to the franchise's first Super Bowl victory. This time, minimum wage was $254,000 in the NFL.
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Darren Rovell is the founder of cllct.com and one of the country's leading reporters on the collectible market. He previously worked for ESPN, CNBC and The Action Network.