Mitchell and his family credit working alongside his grandfather to pick watermelons that weighed as much as 80 pounds every summer in the Florida heat for helping re-launch his football career
Summer Hill-Vinson, who taught Brown in her Introduction to Multimedia Writing class at Ole Miss, says he was “one of those students who had a lot of potential and possibility ahead of him.”
The trophy sits on the Edelstein family couch every week as if it’s a part of the family. When the Eagles need a big play, they rub the trophy for good luck.
“I read it one day and had it on my heart that A.J. would like it … I think it was God. I had it on my heart to give it to him. I didn’t think it would result into what it has,” Ojomo said.