Dabo Swinney's connection to Alabama football are well-documented. His college football career started as a player a Crimson Tide walk-on and his coaching career started in Tuscaloosa as a graduate assistant. During his time as a player at Alabama, Swinney got some help from fullback Kevin Turner, a player known as "the Anvil."
Rachel Baribeau, of GridironNow.com, wrote a fantastic profile of Turner -- it is absolutely worth your time to read the entire thing -- that includes a recent development in the relationship between Swinney and the Turner family.
Turner, diagnosed with ALS in 2010, has been fighting for his life, currently has a ventilator and uses a feeding tube. He welcomed Dabo Swinney into his company in the last week only to find out that his son, Nolan Turner, was about to get a full ride to play for the Clemson Tigers.
According to the profile, Nolan Turner's plan was to be a preferred walk-on at Alabama or Troy. When offered a chance to play in the secondary at Clemson, he committed on the spot.
Check out the full Kevin Turner story, which includes the impressive fundraising effort of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, over at GridIronNow.com.
