Props to Dabo
 

http://blog.al.com/ray-melick/2010/0...ss_to_nat.html

While we wait to see if America's No. 1 prospect, St. Paul, Minn., lineman Seantrell Henderson ,ever signs with Southern Cal (he's reportedly waiting until USC's meeting with the NCAA in late February), it was nice to see Clemson's Dabo Swinney decide against waiting on Anderson, S.C., linebacker Jake Nicolopulos.

Nicolopus committed to Clemson in February, 2009. But this past December, he suffered a stroke that left him unable to talk, walk, or write.

But after massive surgery and two months of therapy, Nicolopus had regained the ability to sign his name - and last Wednesday he did, on a National Letter of Intent that Clemson said it will honor.

"He'll be a part of this family,'' said Swinney, the Pelham native who played and coached at the University of Alabama.

Nicolopulos has started his second stage of rehab - six-to-eight weeks of outpatient physical therapy - in Atlanta. He might need speech therapy after that, his father said, before returning to Anderson, S.C., and a future at Clemson.

"This realized a dream for him that he achieved, that he earned," Swinney said. "God had a little bit of a different plan for him. But I don't have doubt at all Jake Nicolopulos will make an impact at Clemson."

This is a good story.

He's a class guy, and he'll prove to be an outstanding coach as well.

No one has ever said Dabo wasn't a nice guy. Here's more proof he is. Congrats to Clemson.

decent guy who was once homeless...long range he will be the best we had and certainly a good ambassador for the school

That scholarship is a small price to pay for all the good will and good press it will bring the program as well. Nice call for Dabo, and Clemson. Way to go!

For the record the Greenville News (S.C.) says Clemson will have him in a capacity in the athletic department as well as red shirt Freshman J.K. Jay who have a career ending back injury...we take care of our on in Tigertown...Kay got hurt in fall practice and cannot play again.