Editing Donald Driver (section)

==Early life==
Driver was born in [[Houston]], Texas, on February 2, 1975. He was the middle child of five siblings. Driver's parents, Marvin Driver Jr. and Faye Gray, divorced when he was just a young boy.<ref name="Driver Contemporary Biography" /> Donald had a tough childhood living out of a U-Haul truck for a period of time during his early teens, after a collection agency confiscated his family's possessions. Donald spent multiple nights in motel rooms that his mother had purchased with food stamps. Driver and his older brother Marvin III, began stealing cars and selling drugs during their teenage years in order to make it from day to day. Driver was quoted by ''USA Today'' stating, "You try to do anything you can to provide for your family." At the age of 14 years, Donald would move in with his grandmother, Betty Lofton. This was the point of time where his life started to turn around.<ref name="Driver Contemporary Biography">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Kramer |first=Martin |editor-last=Mazurkiewicz |editor-first=Margaret |title=Donald Driver |encyclopedia=Contemporary Black Biography |volume=99 |publisher=Gale |location=Detroit |year=2012 |url=http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CPBLUWD273508303}}</ref>

Driver shone as an athlete early in his years at Milby High School in Houston. He lettered four times each in track, football, basketball and baseball. He was a Texas All-State honorable mention in football, where he played at the wide receiver, defensive back, and kickoff return positions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.donalddriver80.com/donald.htm |title=Donald Driver 80 |publisher=DonaldDriver80.com |access-date=March 28, 2013}}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=Red Director |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>