Former Florida Gators defensive back Isiah “Ike” Wilson IV did not want to make a big deal about his battle with cancer.
That’s why it came as such a surprise June 3 to many of those who knew him within the Central Florida high school football coaching community that Wilson had died after a seven-year bout with the disease.
“He was very optimistic and positive and just determined to live,” said his wife Amanda Wilson. “He didn’t want people feeling sorry for him. That’s just the type of man he was. I would often remind him that ‘people are empathetic and they care, it’s not that they feel sorry for you.