INDIANAPOLIS––For Wake Forest's Kyle Wilber, overcoming adversity won't be winning a roster spot in training camp.

Wilber has already overcame adversity in life and beaten the odds by coming from a broken home to make something of himself, a college graduate determined to create a better life for those around him.

"I never want to see my children have to live a lifestyle like me," said Wilber on Saturday at the NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Wilber doesn't have any children of his own. He just doesn't want them to traverse the same adolescent path he did if and when he does have children.

The term "broken home" might be a euphemism.

After being born in Orlando, Wilber and his mother moved to Chicago at a young age without son ever having met his biological father.

Once in Chicago, Wilber gained a sister, but he estimates that at age six or seven, his mother left them to live with his aunt.

Shortly thereafter, Wilber's stepfather gained custody of him and his sister, and within a year or two, his mother was again a part of his life. Even so, it was still a life with little to no stability

"I was back and forth with my stepfather and my mother," said Wilber, "but my stepfather, he said he wanted me to go down and live in Orlando with my grandmother."

He did, and that was in seventh grade. By eighth grade, his grandmother died. In ninth grade, his mother committed suicide.

But Wilber persevered. At that point, his stepfather moved to Orlando, and Wilber has been living with him ever since. He credits his stepfather––Darrell Wilber––for holding the family together.

"Without him, I really don't know where I'd be right now," said Wilber.

Today Wilber is on the precipice of a career in the NFL. But his athletic achievements might be one of the least-impressive things about him.

At Wake Forest he was on the student-athlete advisory committee, a group through which he was able to help out at the Samaritan Inn, a local homeless shelter.

Through the committee, Wilber also got involved with "Project Desk," a program that builds school desks for children in Winston, North Carolina.

He also graduated this past December with a double major in Sociology and Communication, an education that he hopes can allow him to work with children.

Shortly after commencement, Wilber got involved in Winston-Salem to help out kids with gang intervention and prevention.

Now his attention has turned to the NFL Draft where he hopes a career can allow him to assist his sister who went through the same trying childhood.

"That's what really drives me," said Wilber. "My sister ... she's kind of struggling right now. She has three kids. She's living in Missouri, and I really want to help her out, put her through college so she can have more income."

Wilber is an outside linebacker, a position where the Packers need help from a player who can start opposite Clay Matthews.

And Wilber just so happens to be one of the players they're looking at for help. He had a formal interview on Friday night with outside linebackers coach Kevin Greene.

"It went really well," said Wilber. "The coaches said they liked me. They loved me."

He also admitted that it's tough to gauge just how much interest the Packers might have in him. There's over 300 players at the Combine, and Green Bay can't draft all of them.  And maybe there's a team that likes him better.

According to Wilber, Mike Holmgren's current team––the Cleveland Browns––are interested in him as well.

Wherever he ends up, Wilber can draw upon his life's journey and know it made him stronger. He can use that experience to aid him in what lies ahead.

And if being humble is a quality that can benefit Wilber, he's got plenty of that too.

"There's a lot of kids here, they had a rough background, probably even worse than mine," said Wilber. "They're just not willing to talk about it."

Thankfully Wilber was willing to share his story with the world.