After Tyrell Chavis got the call from the Giants wanting to sign him as an undrafted free agent out of Penn State two weeks ago, the first person he told was his mother.
Then he told his other mother. His Long Island mother.
That would be Cheryl Coles of Shirley, the woman who took him into her home after he was without a place to live during most of his two years as a player for Nassau Community College. She and her son Marc, who was Chavis’ teammate at Nassau CC, became his pillars of support here in the area.