JJ Weaver never felt pain in his life like what he experienced in 2020. Then in his second season at Kentucky, the linebacker lost his father, Terrance, who was murdered in a shooting. Teammates and coaches started to notice he wasn’t himself at practice. Weaver also suffered a torn ACL in the second to last […]
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JJ Weaver never felt pain in his life like what he experienced in 2020. Then in his second season at Kentucky, the linebacker lost his father, Terrance, who was murdered in a shooting.
Teammates and coaches started to notice he wasn’t himself at practice. Weaver also suffered a torn ACL in the second to last game of that season, causing his mood to sink further. He then lost his former high school coach to cancer ahead of the 2021 season.
