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With ‘blessing by God,’ FIU running back stars in Bahamas Bowl after September shooting

More than three months ago now, the FIU Panthers waited nervously at their football facility for news about their to teammates. Anthony Jones and Mershawn Miller were both victims in a drive-by shooting and after the team flooded Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, the players retreated back to campus while Butch Davis waited behind.

It really might be a miracle Jones is even alive — “It’s truly a blessing by God,” Davis said Friday in the Bahamas — but, as Davis tells the story now, it doesn’t seem like Jones was really too worried about getting shot in his back.