‘I just can’t wait to represent him’: UAB football players meet the kids they’ll play for this weekend [Video]

UAB football players spent their Thursday afternoon meeting the Children’s Harbor patients they’re representing on Saturday.They’ll be playing in the eighth annual Children’s Harbor Homecoming game. On the back of each player’s jersey, one of the patients’ names will be instead of their own. Eight-year-old Theodore DaBon II currently has a brain tumor. On Saturday, UAB running back Isaiah Jacobs will wear ‘DaBon’ on his back.”I just can’t wait to represent him and wear his name on my jersey,” Jacobs said. The game started as a way for players to inspire the children, but for Jacobs, it’s the other way around.”He’s actually inspiring me more than he knows,” Jacobs said. “Hopefully as he grows up and continues to prosper throughout life, he’ll be able to look back on it and be able to feel a genuine connection.”Though former head coach Bill Clark helped start the annual event, Head Coach Trent …