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♪ >> aaron did track, football and basketball. he was described in any sport he played as -- >> brand mcmillan and andrew played basketball with aaron beginning in middle school. >> he was twice the size of me. we had the same height, but he was just more athletic obviously. he practiced like all the time. >> practiced because his father dennis pushed him constantly. >> his father was pretty strict. he told me his father used to make him shoot 500 shots before he went sometimes to play with his friends. his dad clearly kept him anchored. >> i saw a closeness with them that i had never seen b...

>> the combination of those drugs, depending on the long-term use of the drugs, and the amount of drugs, can cause someone to become violent, could cause someone to become very paranoid, could cause someone to overreact to a situation, appear to be more impulsive. >> that kind of behavior doesn't describe the aaron hernandez many remember growing up in bristol, connecticut, where his family was celebrated as a local sports dynasty. >> i don't think there was another family that is more familiar in bristol. aaron was our golden boy. he had the family traits. his father and uncle were stand-out ...

Basically saying, whatever i want my life to be, it's up to me to make it out that way. >> when it comes time to make his college pick, not even his brother d.j. can get aaron to join them where their dad played, the university of connecticut. >> at first, he wouldn't even talk to me. but there was days, he said, like, it's our dream to play together. come on, please. >> but aaron stands firm, believing his football career will soar in gator country. coming up, a promising college career overshadowed by trouble off the field. imagine if razors could move up and down, and all around.

Sources tell cnn aaron hernandez also used angel dust, and that could have made him paranoid. one says he felt he was a target, that people were coming after him. >> the combination of those drugs, depending on the long-term use of the drugs, and the amount of drugs, could cause someone to become violent, could cause someone to become very paranoid, could cause someone to overreact to a situation, appear to be more impulsive. >> that kind of behavior doesn't describe the aaron hernandez many remember growing up in bristol, connecticut. where his family was celebrated as a local sports dynasty....

Standout athletes. >> his orlando brother, d.j., was a sports hero, too. bob montgomery covers high school sports for the bristol press. >> aaron did track, in addition to football, he also did basketball. he was described as a man playing in any sport as a player. >> he was twice the size of me. the same height, but he was more athletic obviously. he practiced all the time. >> practiced, because his father, dennis, pushed him. constantly. >> his father was pretty strict. he told me his father used to make him shoot 500 shots before he went sometimes to play with his friends. his dad clearly k...