The Williams family never thought a single game could alter their lives. It was the night of November 9, 2024, during a game vs Clemson, when Virginia Tech’s Gabriel Williams realized he had difficulty standing up after a tackle. The game was stopped for several minutes; medical staff rushed in. The stadium, expectedly, fell silent as the freshman linebacker’s leg was put in an air cast, before being loaded into an ambulance. Gabe’s father was also present in the stands of the Lane Stadium that day. He, too, watched on as his little kid struggled in a way that would render any parent horrified. Unfortunately, for the dad, the scene unfolding in front of him was more than he could handle…

While Gabe was put on the road to recovery that night for what was a torn patellar tendon, his dad,

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