Official Site of the Tigers · Sep 22, 2016
Football. 'He made me feel special'
Ike Powell always finds two families waiting for him outside Jordan-Hare Stadium: His own, and the Brown family from Ashburn, Ga.Macy Ray Brown waits for her favorite player, Auburn long snapper Ike Powell, outside the gates of Jordan-Hare Stadium after every home game.Melba Brown needed a reason to hope.
Her then 7-year-old daughter was in critical condition in an Atlanta hospital.
It was her fifth hospital stay, and Macy Ray Brown had suffered from the effects of a rare kidney disorder called nephrotic syndrome for six long and painful days.