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Eric Woodyard
Detroit Lions corner package Terrion Arnold says he made a transition from jersey No. 0 to 6 in honor of his friend and late Alabama Teammate Khyree Jackson.
Jackson who was at the time of the corner corner of newcomers Minnesota VikingsHe died on July 6 last year after the accident of three cars in the region of Prince George’s in Maryland, who also killed two of his football teammates in high school. Driver involved was accused of 13 numbersIncluding DUI and criminally negligently killing vehicles.
Arnold, 22, also briefly wore No. 6 at the Catholic High School of Jan Paul II. In Tallahassee, Florida, where he played a wide receiver and security, but returns to the NFL number for a larger message.
“We all know what happened to my friend Khyreree and I just feel like I could just honor his legacy and then the impact he even had on me,” Arnold He said “New Wave Podcast” With Ryan Williams and Jaylena MBAKWE. “I just came here and then he could only play with someone … Khyree, when he showed up, it was really like no dead moments when it came to football.
“The guy was a competitor, the final competitor, and it’s just the extra motivation when you look down and say,” Dang Man, I got to the 6 and my brother living through me at the same time, “he said.
After Jackson’s death, Williams and Lions Security Brian BranchAnother former star of Alabama, both missed the training camp to participate in Jackson’s funeral services on July 26 at UPPER Marlboro in Maryland. The branch described this moment as more than football, because Jackson’s legacy continues to live through its peers.
“It is as if they had the statements where football is bigger than you, so I just look at it as if talking to his little brother. He can go to the screen and look into the camera and say,” He wears number 6 because of my big brother, “Arnold said.
“That’s amazing and then just being able to talk to his family, talk to his father or mom, and just inform them as,” At the end of the day, Khyree did not forget. “
Arnold was not the only player of Lions to switch his uniform number in this offseason. Running back Jahmyr gibbs Changed from No. 26 to Arnoldov No. 0 while the wide receiver Jameson Williams It changed from No. 9 to No. 1, which is the same number at the college in Alabama.
