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Matt Frazier's journey back from medical misery

Matt Frazier sat in the passenger seat of his dad's car on the way home from the final football game of his sixth grade season.

Frazier, an offensive lineman, played for the eighth grade team that year because of his already imposing size.

"Dad, I wanna play college football," Matt said to his father, Bret Frazier.

"We were coming back from a game up north, and he was sad because it was over," Bret said, looking back on the moment. "That was sort of eerie that he had that in his mind in sixth grade. Him saying that sticks out in my mind.