Florida Atlantic linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair felt a little weird leaving campus last weekend so he could return home to be with family in Tampa during the team’s bye.
He is accustomed to being somewhere near the football facilities on a daily basis. The semi-vacation felt so foreign he took it upon himself to help the rest of the team refocus.
Al-Shaair, a junior captain, led the movement of the players making sure there would be no letdown as the Owls look to continue their early-season momentum.
“That was something that they kind of had on their mind the whole time,” Al-Shaair said.