To truly know who Antonio Fletcher was, is and will be, one must understand the meaning behind the tattoo on his right wrist.
It's a bracelet with a capital "T" and a cheer megaphone, honoring Tionne Thomas -- a cheerleader from his high school who died in December of his senior year. Thomas was more than a cheerleader and fellow classmate to Fletcher, now a junior safety at Arkansas State University. She was one of his closest friends, as the two often shared their dreams and aspirations with each other.
Today, she's his "cheer angel."
"After she passed, I think football saved him from going into a more depressed space," said Fletcher's mom, Kamilah.