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Saying that the country star is no stranger to injury is an extreme understatement— his history of mishaps goes back to his youth. At the tender age of 17, Adkins was involved in an automobile accident in which his 1955 pickup truck smashed into the back of an empty school bus. This incident resulted in a punctured lung, fractured ribs, and the tip of his nose being ripped off and then reattached.

Adkins’ stint as an offensive lineman on Louisiana Tech University’s football team was short lived due to a knee injury.

Trace Adkins Biography - Musictory

He left the team after his Freshman season without ever playing in a game. The future star dropped out of college to go to work and marry his hometown sweetheart, Barbara Lewis. The couple had two daughters together, Tarah and Sarah, but their union ended in divorce after only four years.

Breakthrough in Country Music

Adkins moved to Nashville in the early 1990s to chase his dream of becoming a country music artist.

His big break came in 1996 w Trace Adkins Biography - DAD