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Toledo football's Hood, Candle develop strong player-coach bond over grief

NASSAU, Bahamas — David Hood was 1,15 miles away from home during one of the hardest chapters of his life.

The Miami Gardens, Fla., native was a college freshman, a period of extreme adjustment for any student, let alone a football player trying to become acclimated to a taxing lifestyle, when he learned his father was murdered.

The news hit Hood like an avalanche. But he wasn’t alone. At his side was Toledo coach Jason Candle.

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