(STATS) – The Superman tattoo came first. It wasn’t until a few weeks later that Cam Brown found himself fighting for his own life.
Running away from anything isn’t a familiar concept for Brown, who spent four years pursuing ball carriers as a linebacker at Tallahassee’s Florida High and was committed to doing the same at Western Carolina this fall.
Those plans changed May 7.
That was the night Cam’s mother, Michelle, got the phone call that turned what should have been a month of celebration into a crash course in soul searching. Yes, there had been cortisone shots in a left shin that was still a bit sore after wrestling season.