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UAB football players spent their Thursday afternoon meeting the Children's Harbor patients they're representing on Saturday.They'll be playing in the eighth annual Children's Harbor Homecoming game. On the back of each player's jersey, one of the patients' names will be instead of their own. Eight-year-old Theodore DaBon II currently has a brain tumor. On Saturday, UAB running back Isaiah Jacobs will wear 'DaBon' on his back."I just can't wait to represent him and wear his name on my jersey," Jacobs said. The game started as a way for players to inspire the children, but for Jacobs, it's the other way around."He's actually inspiring me more than he knows," Jacobs said. "Hopefully as he grows up and continues to prosper throughout life, he'll be able to look back on it and be able to feel a genuine connection.">> FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Though former head coach Bill Clark helped start the annual event, Head Coach Trent Dilfer said this game means a lot to him because he knows what these families are going through from firsthand experience."I experienced this when we lost our son, we stayed at the Children's hospital for 40 days," Dilfer said. "The people at that children's hospital mean the world to us to this day. What these families are going through is one of the hardest things you could possibly go through in life."Dilfer said this game is always a bright spot in the season."This season has been such a dark storm, and this seems like the rainbow outside the storm," he said. "You know, it's been so hard for all of us, and then this week has literally been like the sunshine came out, and there's the rainbow, and it's all good in life because it's Children's Harbor game."The head coach hopes his players take this chance to make a lasting impact on the children."This is a great opportunity for our players to really live beyond themselves with the lasting impact they can have on these children's families' lives," Dilfer said.Jacobs said he hopes he can have an impact like that on DaBon's life."That's the goal; to not let it be just a one-time thing, but to actually build a connection with him and support him and his family in any way I can," Jacobs said.The patients will be at the game on Saturday to see their player sport their names. Stay updated on the latest sports stories with the WVTM 13 app. You can download it here.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —
UAB football players spent their Thursday afternoon meeting the Children's Harbor patients they're representing on Saturday.
They'll be playing in the eighth annual Children's Harbor Homecoming game. On the back of each player's jersey, one of the patients' names will be instead of their own.
Eight-year-old Theodore DaBon II currently has a brain tumor. On Saturday, UAB running back Isaiah Jacobs will wear 'DaBon' on his back.
"I just can't wait to represent him and wear his name on my jersey," Jacobs said.
The game started as a way for players to inspire the children, but for Jacobs, it's the other way around.
"He's actually inspiring me more than he knows," Jacobs said. "Hopefully as he grows up and continues to prosper throughout life, he'll be able to look back on it and be able to feel a genuine connection."
>> FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube
Though former head coach Bill Clark helped start the annual event, Head Coach Trent Dilfer said this game means a lot to him because he knows what these families are going through from firsthand experience.
"I experienced this when we lost our son, we stayed at the Children's hospital for 40 days," Dilfer said. "The people at that children's hospital mean the world to us to this day. What these families are going through is one of the hardest things you could possibly go through in life."
Dilfer said this game is always a bright spot in the season.
"This season has been such a dark storm, and this seems like the rainbow outside the storm," he said. "You know, it's been so hard for all of us, and then this week has literally been like the sunshine came out, and there's the rainbow, and it's all good in life because it's Children's Harbor game."
The head coach hopes his players take this chance to make a lasting impact on the children.
"This is a great opportunity for our players to really live beyond themselves with the lasting impact they can have on these children's families' lives," Dilfer said.
Jacobs said he hopes he can have an impact like that on DaBon's life.
"That's the goal; to not let it be just a one-time thing, but to actually build a connection with him and support him and his family in any way I can," Jacobs said.
The patients will be at the game on Saturday to see their player sport their names.
Stay updated on the latest sports stories with the WVTM 13 app. You can download it here.
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