Tennessee player is changing his number to honor a Knoxville 'hero'
Posted Aug 4, 2016
This week, we have another one of those shining light stories in Todd Kelly Jr., a safety at Tennessee. Kelly has switched his jersey number from No. 6 to No. 24 to honor Zaevion Dobson, a Knoxville hero who was shot and killed while shielding a couple of girls from gunfire last December.
(FOX Sports)
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