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This all started inside a modest apartment in Flint, Mich. That’s where Thomas Rawls’ mom, Deadra Whitley, told the first Marshawn Lynch story.
The first time she met Lynch, she kept reminding herself to keep it together. She hugged him, told herself not to squeeze so tight, then asked for a second hug. She told Lynch he could call her Dee; he refused.
“I’m calling you Momma,” he said.
But that’s not the best part of the story. After the Seahawks signed Rawls as an undrafted free agent, she kept asking if he’d seen Marshawn. When Lynch arrived, he didn’t say anything. Just watched.
Finally, he came up to Rawls. “I see it in you,” he said.
When Deadra surprised Rawls with a visit later that year, Lynch told her not to worry about her son, whom she calls Ty.
“The way he talked about Ty, as a parent, I was just so blown away with how he embraced him,” she said. “He really wanted to help him. He saw something in him. People are cheated when they don’t get to meet him on a real level.”
Lynch is no longer with the Seahawks, but he is not entirely gone, either. He keeps popping up. I’ll explain what I mean after one more story.
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The rest of the article is well worth the read. I miss that guy for more than just his football skills. One of the best Seahawks ever.