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Firebrands · week 15 · 1977

T. Nakamura was not supposed to be here

Ruth Fairbanks, features

Tobias Nakamura QB
Firebrands

There is a version of T. Nakamura's life where none of this happens. He was the son of a man who played eleven years at the same position. Instead: 147 yards. He is the last man off the field, every week, without exception, which his teammates have stopped remarking on. It is a long way from Coalport, Alabama, and he did not come the easy way.

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