Navy football player leans on team after family tragedy | College GameDay

Navy football player Paul Carothers reflects on the loss of his father Patrick Carothers. The senior Midshipman leaned on his Navy teammates to cope with his family's loss.
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[@JakeMyerz]

Paul has the grace of his father within him, so he is never truly gone

[@chengbros6101]

amen

[@mcsuchnsuch]

Good watch. Man, the wife is still hurting. I hope she finds the peace and strength she needs.

[@devynyates1929]

God bless them

[@willbowden6897]

Ken Niumatalolo is such a great guy who teaches his kids these values. Hang in there Paul

[@lizmallard7158]

God saw he was weary so he gently closed his eyes and took him into his arms for one final time and took him home. Condolences to his family.

[@jefftraboulsy8631]

@@lizmallard7158 god isnt real

[@joshuajones9035]

i lost my father to a surprise heart attack last week, I miss him so much It really breaks my heart

[@samhummer9070]

my thoughts and prayers go out to your family man❤️

[@dylangrove635]

Your father was very proud of you and loved you very much, I don’t know you but I know that for a fact.

[@GalacticCoast]

So sorry Joshua.

[@Philipp-sm3kq]

joshua jones ay man all the love for u succeed in life he gon watch from above

[@caseydykes117]

Thoughts are with you brother you are never alone

[@zomb1efragz356]

This is amazing! The fact that he chose to practice with his “brotherhood” then settle in on the tragedy is amazing to me.

[@tixxvbkhane1162]

My condolences, my sympathy for his family during this tragic time for them

[@beautifulleaves8616]

Geesh...you can see how broken Mrs.Carothers still is, I wish all of them the best and hope they're able to somewhat heal.

[@dekjules32]

God bless this family. What a lovely and strong woman Paul's mother is. Paul - your dad is so darn proud of you. I am sorry for your loss Carothers family.

[@tjmatthews461]

My condolences, my sympathy for his family during this tragic time for them

[@harolddenton6031]

Wow what a touching story. Young man make your father proud. I Got to watch my son LT Commander Dan Denton walk across the stage and graduate from USNA in tge class of 2010. Thar was a very emotional moment watching his cross that stage. I had blown my naval academy appointment back in 1982 so seeing my son graduate from USNA in May of 2010 was a very special moment in time for both of us.

[@hellcatchuck2723]

Paul your father couldn't be any more proud of the person you are and will become. You are an inspiration to so many before during and after this video.

[@jamiewawrzonek7419]

I don’t have words to say. But keep your head up your Dad is always with you.

[@jossimuddin9972]

There isn't a day that goes by your always in my thoughts and prayers along with your Families and Loved ones and No one will Never be Forgotten by me because in my eyes your always be my Heroes and I am forever grateful for everything that you have done and or still doing for us and I can't ever say Thank each and everyone of you enough again and again and again Thank You for your Service God put your love and protection around each and everyone of them and let them all know that there are people who really do care about them and you raised my Hero so you will always be my Heros as well police officer this also includes you to

[@marcnoonan2187]

I am so sorry Paul. I know what it’s like to lose a dad. I lost mine in 1999 on Father’s Day. But your perseverance and strength is a fresh breath air.

[@jenniferwhitehead4972]

So sorry for your loss. Paul you are a strong man. I am here seeing this because my Son serves in the Navy and we love Football. Your Daddy is a hero. My thoughts and prayers with you and your Family. May God wrap his arms around you and comfort you all.

[@jonathankemp1416]

My hat is off for u and your father son thank u for your and your father service

[@travisgrant5608]

We should all be so fortunate to have a Paul in our lives. He is the strongest of men because he has the most caring and kindness of heart. 💞👍💞

[@taylorrichards3698]

I pray for this beautiful family. They are so so beautiful and strong. This father will always be watching over and guiding his strong family, He is so so proud of them. God Bless them, Patrick’s legacy will forever live on and never be forgotten!

[@crazyanimegamer5667]

Stay strong Paul and family!!!!!

[@bertsmith6778]

GOD bless you. May he give you strength and peace young man. Hope Navy wins the game.

[@donalderickson8283]

Wow. This is awesome. Service, family, brotherhood and sacrifice. Brother we stand with you as a nation. Thank you.

[@dianajenkins6928]

Remember Paul your father is the wind beneath your wing. Hang in there momma, I’ve been where you are, 20 years ago. It doesn’t go away but I promise it will one day not be so raw.

[@brandonmaddox4862]

My senior year, a sophomore on our team lost his dad, we all were there for him, sometimes your team can be your family in your worst times

[@sonnietrees4781]

RIP to his father!I hope his father lives through him every day!I hope he does what he loves and I wish him and his family the best Merry Christmas! (:

[@fly3po1]

So sorry for your loss, Paul. My brother is Class of ‘79. Our hearts and prayers are with you and your family always. May your dad rest in eternal peace, son.

[@jasonchui7256]

My condolences, my sympathy for his family during this tragic time for them

[@baileymarkussen7231]

I graduated this guys freshman year. Nice dude

[@matthewbevan7733]

Who is cutting onions?

[@ryguygaming0477]

6ROVE 5IDE bruh

[@GalacticCoast]

RESPECT! Much love to this impressive family full of service and honor.

[@stephenfermoyle1498]

such an amazing FATHER Who passed on such great life values

[@ei7388]

The lowlife who shot him shot at me and my fellow brothers and sisters in blue in Sumter SC. So tragic! He was a great man!

[@timlee8098]

E I , thank you for your service 🙏🏽🇺🇸

[@Tycotommy68]

This young man has the heart of a lion Given to him from his father And the most humble person too You can see he gets that from his mom God bless all who give the ultimate sacrifice in law enforcement and in the military. 🙏❤️🙏

[@jolynnmitchell5284]

So sorry about your loss may God bless you and your family

[@larrykaufman8100]

Prayers for the family!

[@rubenescobar6461]

Watch is never over he is still with you

[@610vatorspeed7]

Thank you for your service sir

[@keyfick]

I know your pain brother. From this old Army Grunt to you. May your Father rest easy, prayers to you and your family.

[@jenl374]

God Bless what a sad and beautiful story thank you for sharing

[@stevesosebee5860]

So sorry for their loss 😢

[@willrussell3436]

Going to see y’all play in the Liberty Bowl! Go Navy!

[@jslack8973]

So heartbreaking 😢

[@jandjsportsproduction9857]

What a story.

[@MrNickAch]

I love navy football. The best human beings of all college football players

[@margief1798]

Hahaha, not!!

[@MrNickAch]

@@margief1798 I guess you'd rather the football players who don't care about school at all and just party all day? Right lol. How quality.

[@lucasjoshchin3314]

@@MrNickAch or maybe an army fan, idk

[@MrNickAch]

Lucas Josh Chin fair enough. Military is military. That would be an acceptable answer.

[@SheepdogColumbus]

Crazy how an amazing person, who meant so much to so many, can be taken by a worthless person who probably meant nothing. People, always think about how your actions, especially if wrong, can effect the lives of others. God bless the family.

[@tonyalafarr7943]

His dad is always with him in every game. My condolences to his family for the loss of their dad and husband who was just doing his job as a law enforcement officer.

[@michaelscofield7772]

This is beautiful ♥️

[@72seeker72]

Too sad. These people are heroes.

[@mb-nq8fs]

Somebody out here choppin onions

[@helloitsme3287]

Nope. ESPN according to Colin Kaepernick bieves this boy’s dad is a white supremacist who needs to be abolished and defunded.

[@apotebill]

Great family! Tough one.

[@morganrawl5993]

Amazing!

[@danielmyres8107]

Ken is also a amazing man in this situation Jesus please give all this family peace

[@One-Hundred]

When he said the only thing he was missing after the game was a big bear hug from his father, I dont know why but that killed me inside :(

[@koraanderson7765]

Thank you so very much for your family's sacrifice I am so sorry this breaks my heart may God bless your family and protect your family I used to work at Dulles Airport Virginia and I meant some great US Marshals and now I am a law enforcement mother so my heart breaks for our loss may God protect you and your family God bless you all

[@kyheel6108]

Go navy. Prayers to you and ur family

[@kijanawagner9767]

I have been watching videos for two hours and never expected to come upon one from my hometown. He is watching over his family and so is god!

[@bardownbenders4853]

How can you dislike this

[@rsyoda943]

What a watch

[@ej.24.19]

I remember seeing this on World news

[@michaelgilroy1277]

Go Navy. Semper Fortis! Happy veteran's Day 2020.

[@celticfocus8125]

I lost my dad on 6/6/2020 I feel your pain

[@raycrowley4514]

I’m not tearing up you are

[@mikewrasman5103]

My deepest condolences to the family and to the Naval Academy.

[@armydude4life6149]

I'm sure that every accomplishment in his life will be because of dad... AS IT SHOULD BE !!!

[@gamechanger2]

🙏🏽

[@xtincttorigaming8885]

RIP

[@certifiedquandaleclassic5808]

Navy is my favorite college team

[@sarahjacobs1486]

There isn't a day that goes by your always in my thoughts and prayers along with your Families and Loved ones and No one will Never be Forgotten by me because in my eyes your always be my Heroes and I am forever grateful for everything that you have done and or still doing for us and I can't ever say Thank each and everyone of you enough again and again and again Thank You for your Service God put your love and protection around each and everyone of them and let them all know that there are people who really do care about them and you raised my Hero so you will always be my Heros as well police officer this also includes you to

[@loganbarr853]

God bless you. Go Navy beat Army

[@cubefarmerhkc9105]

this young man will make a fine Navy officer one day.

[@alexladach]

I just wonder what’s going through those 76 peoples mind to dislike it this guys is at the Naval Academy for his futures and this county I would love to play football at Army or Navy but I don’t have the grades nor do I want to go into just the US Army so I’ve chosen to got to the National Guard I have so much respect for this man

[@l.myhanhbarden7290]

♥️😢

[@matthewgomez7843]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️

[@yodre7493]

❤️🙏🏽

[@waylanator]

Go Navy!!! ⚓️

[@martinpage520]

🙏

[@Moonroofmusik]

Go NAVY

[@emiliogarcia8462]

Didn’t the navy just win the championship

[@chuck6154]

They beat army

[@johnstover4584]

They beat Kansas state in there bowl game.

[@salvadorsanchez6274]

SO SAD!

[@milwaukeequelg4826]

🏈💪

[@carlasuannelockett1694]

Praying from Oklahoma

[@DeHirvilammi]

MAY U ALL SEE EACH OTHER IN HEAVEN, HE'LL BE WAITING AT THE GATE TO WELCOME U IN

[@sarahburggraf907]

😢

[@KevinCummingsFitness]

The best team in the nation

[@shannonhays9487]

why would you dislike this vid

[@zacharyallyn1747]

❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@donmclean7007]

🥺

[@goldendude9411]

Do you know Kendel Taylor? He went to Naval Academy too with a scholarship for football

[@landopeezy2382]

All you can do is hope your last words to a loved one is "I Love You" luckily I Love You were the last words I said to my little brother it has destroyed my life

[@nicholassnikwah9589]

What kind of persons gives this video a thumbs down.....

[@coolguy2418]

Me.

[@johnmckeon3468]

@@coolguy2418 Moron!

[@coolguy2418]

@@johnmckeon3468 yes you are

[@blessedbeyond2118]

I am deeply sorry you can see the mom is in so much pain..what a shame to kill a man that was just trying to keep US safe...Rest In peace Sir

[@calebwatson8848]

Just sad

[@savannahearnest5761]

I'm very sorry, but good job at the game

[@askeletonsdaisy2440]

🇺🇸

[@whiteboyswag3176]

He looked like my friend for a minute

[@adrianatarter2199]

For everyone who disliked has no FEELINGS

[@jeaninemorgan9118]

Why talk about some idiot who dislikes

[@packin3stm199]

This happened 6 days after Emma Jane Walker was murdered. And I litterally just saw the video about her yesterday. Why do all the real ones and people that are innocent lose their life

[@tuckercollins3130]

1:23 This is every 7 year old boy in the world

[@KevinCummingsFitness]

Interesting

[@stevenwolfe6544]

Tulsa fan . Love having navy in our conference . Now how can you tell this kid YOU have No shot EVER at a national championship. Thanks for serving now let the BCS keep your team out of playoff or any Big $$ Bowl

[@MRTOOTH0331]

Man I hope he goes Corps. He’s wasted on seals.

[@darellowens546]

Wassup

[@johnstover4584]

I love navy football. It's so sad the coaches daughter died. I hope they knew God and are looking over us now.

[@tylerz5499]

John Stover What coaches daughter?

[@josh70812]

Can anybody answer this after football players from navy Air Force army do they serve

[@roll2tide]

Yes, as officers in their respective branches. They can get waivers if they are drafted into the NFL, though.

[@josh70812]

Deep Dave two questions if you don’t mind me asking do they get deployed to other countries and I’m just getting into navy air force and army rivalry I saw cheerleaders at the game is the cheerleaders also students or whatever

[@roll2tide]

@@josh70812 Any active duty military personnel can be sent overseas. After graduation, they get assigned to a base. That base could be stateside, overseas permanent bases (Germany, Korea, etc), or to a deployment area like Afghanistan or other areas. I think all of the academies have cheer squads, dance teams, drill teams, etc.

[@MingTongPang54]

@@josh70812 yeah, all the students would graduate and become officers and deployed all around the world. LT Col Gadson (you might remember him from the movie Battleship) played for West Point before being commission as officer and served oversea.

[@taylors1974]

Yes. I k keep for the Navy you have to do 6 years in the Navy, I dont k k if it's the same for the other branches as well. But to my understanding if you go to the Navy, Marines, Army or Air Force college you have to enlist in that branch of service. After graduation, you are an actual, full time serviceman or woman. They get deployed, stationed overseas and everything any other soldier faces.