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The next NFL hit could have paralyzed him. How a USC great found new purpose | The State

Angelina Holloman and her friends were much more interested in watching Angelina's 1-year old daughter try to toddle than the on-field preseason NFL action at Dallas' AT&T Stadium in August, 2014.

So Holloman thought it was a prank when text messages began to pile into her phone asking if her future husband, Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeVonte Holloman, was okay?

"I was like, 'that's not a funny joke,'" Angelina said. "I remember looking down at him, and one of my friends took Brooklyn and trying to find my way to medical to find out what happened."

It was just a preseason game after all.