Jaylon McKenzie, 14, already had two offers from Division 1 colleges to play football.
"He was just a great kid," Lewis said."I know that's cliche in these types of situations, but you won’t find a kid or anyone saying anything negative about him."
Middle-schoolers getting college sports offers is also"very uncommon," but Jaylon was special, said his former coach. "Off the court or off the football field, you wouldn’t have known he was a superstar. That's when you knew thatSports Illustrated profiled him , Jaylon said his dream was to"make the NFL." His inspiration was Adoree' Jackson of the Tennessee Titans, who also came from Jaylon's hometown of Belleville. Instead, Jackson posted a condolence message on Sunday for Jaylon."You was next up and taken too soon!" he tweeted.
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