New Orleans Saints wide receiver Austin Carr was in the national spotlight in the week leading to Super Bowl 52.
Carr became a registered bone marrow donor through Be The Match, which is operated by the National Marrow Donor Program, during his freshman year at Northwestern.
He received notification of a match during his junior year in college, gave blood, and then two years later met the recipient, Roy Coe of Kansas City, Mo., in Minneapolis at the Super Bowl Business Connect Gala.
"Meeting him was one of the most special moments of my life," Carr said in a telephone interview.