There are moments former Hurricanes great Brian Blades looks at his young nephew — the one who will graduate from St. Thomas Aquinas on Sunday and on Monday begin his college career at Miami — and can’t believe his eyes.
At times, Al Blades Jr. laughs just like his father. Walks like him. Moves like him. Makes the same facial expressions. And on the football field, well, the cornerback can often hit just like his father, too.
Though Blades Jr. didn’t grow up with his father, who was killed in a car accident when Blades Jr.