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Dabo Swinney's life story will break your heart, then sew it back up again

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You probably know of Dabo Swinney's life story, but you don't know the Clemson head coach's life story.

Nicknamed "Dabo" by an older brother, poor childhood, living with his mother while a football player at Alabama, out of coaching for a few years before landing Clemson's wide receivers job, then returning the Tigers to glory? You know all that.

But did you know Dabo's college career would've never happened if he hadn't checked the mail at exactly the right time?

Mark Schlabach took a deep dig into Dabo's life for ESPN, and I promise you'll come out better on the other side.