TAMPA — Keith Tandy remembers his nephew's spirit.
"Every time he walked into the room, everybody was going to smile," Tandy said of Jayvon Quarles. "If you weren't smiling, he was going to go out of his way to make sure you were smiling."
Quarles, 17, died Thursday in Hopkinsville, Ky., after being hit in the head by a large piece of equipment used to train linemen he was helping to move.
Tandy, a safety, missed the Bucs preseason opener Saturday to be with his family. He returned to practice Monday.
Tandy had seen his nephew at a family reunion in July, and said it was important to be home this past weekend with family, especially his older brother Kevin, who lost his son.