Ony, 30, and next in line, had his own fling as an NFL running back before illness and injury sabotaged his dream. So he returned to school to become a physician's assistant, and last week gave the commencement speech at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, where he lauded his parents, Nathan and Gloria, for the sacrifice they made emigrating from Nigeria and setting up a household that, with cousins, at one point numbered 11.