They started as sophomores at MacArthur High in San Antonio. Clinton Killough was the quarterback. He wore No. 15. Jace Amaro was the tight end. He wore No. 22. And they were magic together … until Amaro tore his ACL four games into his junior season.
“When he first tore it, you could hear his reaction, and it was a scream,” Killough recalled Thursday by phone, “and the stadium went silent, and I can still remember that moment. It’s kind of surreal. And I know he probably didn’t know he could come back from that. Sometimes you don’t see the end of the tunnel.