Former player following Tuley's footsteps
In 1988, Donny Tuley noticed a freshman boy coming to school in deteriorating condition each day. After a while, he pulled the youth over to the side to ask what was wrong.
"Well, coach, I ain't seen my momma in two weeks,” young Jeremy Compton replied. "She left … and she ain't been back.”
So Tuley did what he always does — he helped find a place where Compton could live and go to school. Compton end...
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