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Dick Harmon: BYU QB commit Zadock Dinkelmann's spring filled with faith, prayer for his father

Zadock Dinkelmann’s remarkable faith and rock-solid belief has been in full bloom this May, the month he committed to play quarterback for BYU after weeks of watching his father struggle to live.

His father, Somerset High School (Texas) athletic director and defensive coordinator Johan Dinkelmann, suffered two strokes in the final days of April while attending the Region IV-4A track championships in Kingsville. Dinkelmann’s strokes took place April 28 and 29. He was airlifted from Corpus Christi to University Hospital in San Antonio May 4.

Johan, 44, is currently at San Antonio’s LifeCare Hospital where he’s been since May 12.