T.J. McCoy had always wanted to be a Florida Gator; to follow in the footsteps of his father was always a dream. This just isn't the way it was supposed to happen.
Fresh off his first semester of college at NC State, McCoy knew what had to be done once he returned home to Groveland last month. The former South Lake all-state center, who had enrolled at NC State this past January, was needed closer to home.
His father has been battling Leukemia for four years, and with the rehabilitation from post-chemotherapy treatments continuing to drain the energy of Tony McCoy on a daily basis, T.