Twelve-year old Rayden Overbay stood next to Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley last Saturday night in the middle of the Sooners’ sprawling locker room, the subject of Riley’s postgame speech following the Sooners’ win over Iowa State.
Rayden was the only game ball recipient that night. A few minutes later, Sooners quarterback Jalen Hurts signed it.
“You’ve got a whole squad of people behind you,” Hurts told Rayden.
Rayden, who is autistic, diabetic and deaf in one ear, is much happier and more outgoing these days than he was a few months ago, around the time a disturbing video posted to social media showed him being attacked by classmates. The video didn’t show the worst of the bullying, which has gone on for years; that particular attack left Rayden with a concussion, a black eye and a bloody nose. After being bullied at one point last year, Rayden wrote on his arm that he wanted to kill himself.
Since the recent incident,...
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