Junior defensive lineman Latrell Bankston believes he is in for a breakout season in his first year as a Cougar. | Courtesy of UH athleticsEvery time Latrell Bankston laces up his cleats, he writes his mother’s name, birthday and date of her death on them and remembers a promise he made her as a young boy: one day Bankston was going to buy her a pink Cadillac, her favorite car, with her name, Marcia, on the license plate.
But Bankston’s life changed forever when he was 15.
While giving birth to Bankston’s younger brother Marcellus, Marcia suffered from preeclampsia, a condition characterized by high blood pressure and points to problems with another organ system.