C’yontai Lewis was the last Florida Gators off of the field when the Florida Gators lost in the SEC Championship to Alabama in 2015 and 2016. On one hand he was happy for his cousin, Alabama running back Bo Scarbrough. The two embraced and Lewis congratulated him.
Then he watched as crimson confetti continued streaming down from the Georgia Dome ceiling and he took a piece, which now serves as a daily reminder of how close he and his teammates got to winning a SEC Championship and just how much it hurt not to get there. Especially against Alabama, the school located in his hometown of Tuscaloosa.