Juanita Durham watches her son bounce around the basketball court and thinks of a little boy who couldn't talk. She remembers countless trips to hospitals, a brain starved of oxygen and seizures.
"Everybody can see the athlete," she said. "I see the miracle."
Clarence Jackson is a 6-foot-7 sophomore forward at Wichita State, a newcomer from Georgia, and is making a strong impression with his hustle. His mother knows fans love that about her son. She wants them to know the story behind that determination.
"I remember being in the hospital, sitting in the corner praying," she said.