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How WSU linebacker Jeremiah Allison developed a bond with Elson Floyd

Jeremiah Allison was escorted onto the field on senior night by Carmento Floyd, the widow of Elson Floyd, the Washington State president who died of complications from colon cancer. Allison’s relationship with the Floyds deepened after his mother died in 2012.

EL PASO, Texas – She’s never far from his mind. Over the last three years, and with the support of his Washington State family, senior linebacker Jeremiah Allison has learned to cope with the loss of his mother, Lucille Allison, who died in August 2012, just months into Jeremiah’s first year at WSU.

“It’s something you can’t get over, you just get through it,” Allison says.