FIU sophomore defensive backs Rishard Dames and Richard Dames are separated by one letter in the alphabet, but they are inseparable on and off the field.
They’ve had to be that close, just to survive … just to lift each other up after one tragedy and then another and then another.
On March 27, 2015, their cousin, Richard Hallman, was shot to death. He was 16.
On June 16, 2017, another cousin, Jedadiah “Eggy” Scatliffe, was shot in the head and killed. He was 18 and had just graduated from Booker T. Washington.