Devon Gales couldn’t sleep that night.Instead he ran pass routes between the twin beds in his hotel room, sometimes stopping for a few minutes to flick through TV channels. A sophomore walk-on at Southern University, tomorrow he was playing against Georgia. He’d only played sparingly during the first three games of the season, but on Sept. 26, 2015, he saw an opportunity. Before the sun came up he got down on one knee. “Dear God,” he said. “Please give me the strength to perform. I want the people to remember me.”As the second half started, Southern — down 20-6 — was under no illusion it was going to beat the No. 7 team in the country. This game, and its $1 million payday, was merely a chance to fund the program. The Jaguars were sacrificial lambs, but that didn’t mean they had to be embarrassed. Southern was receiving the ball, and Devon lined up on the 30-yard line. He had played only once in the first half, the opening kickoff. Now, Devon tensed up.“I don’t know what it was,” Devon said. “But I just had this feeling all game. It was like He was trying to tell me something.”Marshall Morgan… Read full this story
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