Mark Richt was beyond classy when it came to a potential walk-on who tragically passed away in January of 2011.
Three years later? Yeah, the head football coach at Georgia is, as the headline declares, pretty much a better human being than just about anyone who’ll read this.
Seth Emerson of the Macon Telegraph has blessed his paper’s readers with a beautifully-written piece on Richt and his desire to help his players post-football. Richt and his support staff were able to save one former player from taking his life; another former player who played for Richt took his life prior to that.
“I don’t want this to happen to another one of my boys,” a source told Emerson Richt said. And the rest is history.
And an absolute must-read. Trust me, you want to click HERE and read this.
Bravo, Seth. Bravo.