A Sea Of Red

Per his FB:

Niko on Facebook wrote:Hello friends and family. I made a HUGE decision that I thoguht best to tell the world via facebook. I know its gonna be a shock to most of you, and heart breaking to the rest, but it is what it is. I have decided to no longer play college football. This has been heavy on my heart for a long time now. I thought college football was the thing for me, but it turns out I was wrong. I would rather spend all of my time pressing into the lord and focusing on my communications major. Football is 100% recreational for me, but my degree is a necessity. Oh well, whatever the lord has in his book for Niko is what its gonna be. Lets just wait and see what happens!

Very mature decision even though we will miss him on the field.

Great kid! I'm sorry to hear this but I do wish him the best!

Heard he got hacked, and its since been taken down. But who knows.

For those who don't know the name, who is he?

Dominique Davis.

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The post is definitely gone now.

I know I'm old and it's a new world out there with some people practiclly living their lives through social media, but lets pause and think about this for a minute. If this were true, we are talking about a young man who had his head together to the point that he was willing to give up his senior year of football because he felt he needed to devote full time to his studies at that point. I'm inclined to think that type of level headedness would more likely lead him to announce his decision through university channels rather than facebook. Also, the fact that one of our board members who is very much an insider apparently did not know about it is kind of fishy. As a fan of course, I'll be glad to see him on the field. The kid can play.

BTW, I think it should be said that if that is the case it does not mean in any way shape or form that "Niko" is not prioritizing his education. It is possible to do that and still play.