Sad news out of Houston this week as several former U of H student athletes were killed in a two car crash in which the other car ran a red light at high speeds. Wanted to share a story involving one of those young men and former Tech WR Quinton Patton.
Most all of us should remember the very competitive two game series between Houston and Tech back in 2011 and 2012. The 2011 game was a heartbreaking Case Keenum fueled comeback that left those in the Joe speechless, and the return 2012 trip to Houston a shootout which proved to be Tevin King's coming out party as the Bulldogs escaped victorious. In that matchup you had future first round draft pick DJ Haden matched up against future NFL WR Quinton Patton.
Later on in that season DJ suffered a freak accident at practice and almost died of a heart injury. While he was in a Houston area hospital recovering QP drove down to pay a surprise visit out of respect earned facing each other on the football field. That visit really left an impact on Haden to the point that he and Patton began to train together for the NFL combine, and ultimately stayed friends throughout the rest of their careers.
This young man was one who came from a great family and truly loved giving back to the local community after recently returning home from his almost 10 year NFL career to coach a local high school.
Most all of us should remember the very competitive two game series between Houston and Tech back in 2011 and 2012. The 2011 game was a heartbreaking Case Keenum fueled comeback that left those in the Joe speechless, and the return 2012 trip to Houston a shootout which proved to be Tevin King's coming out party as the Bulldogs escaped victorious. In that matchup you had future first round draft pick DJ Haden matched up against future NFL WR Quinton Patton.
Later on in that season DJ suffered a freak accident at practice and almost died of a heart injury. While he was in a Houston area hospital recovering QP drove down to pay a surprise visit out of respect earned facing each other on the football field. That visit really left an impact on Haden to the point that he and Patton began to train together for the NFL combine, and ultimately stayed friends throughout the rest of their careers.
This young man was one who came from a great family and truly loved giving back to the local community after recently returning home from his almost 10 year NFL career to coach a local high school.
