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Ahkeilah, Tevin Coleman open up about family’s battle with sickle cell disease

Tevin Coleman fulfills a mentorship role with the Jets. He’s the veteran in a running backs room otherwise occupied with teammates still on the rookie contracts.

But when he returns home, that’s when true leadership must show face.

Coleman and his wife, Ahkeilah, both carry sickle cell traits. Their daughter, Nazaneen, suffers from sickle cell disease — a condition where red blood cells carrying oxygen inside the body become crescent-shaped and cannot pass through small blood vessels. It’s a near-and-dear challenge of Coleman’s life he is starting to reveal.

“I have the trait.