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Amare Snowden supports Wisconsin football family after his mother's death

MADISON – While Amare Snowden has worked his way up the rankings, the redshirt freshman defensive back from Wisconsin has had to cope with a tragic loss.

Snowden announced in an X-post on Friday evening that his mother had died last week.

He wrote:

“Unfortunately, my mother passed away last Wednesday. It was hard to focus on football, but Coach Fickell and Coach Haynes supported me through the grieving process and helped me. I love you, Mom.”

Snowden went through Wisconsin’s 16th Fall practice on Saturday. At 6'4″ and 215 pounds, Snowden is a unique talent trying to work his way into the Badgers' top cornerback rotation.

He intercepted two passes in camp and was primarily in the second rotation of defensive backs.

“I try to put myself in his shoes, and I don't know how I would handle it, and he was really solid,” UW coach Luke Fickell said after practice Saturday. “When you know a kid, you can see the ups and downs, and it's not always in the performance. It has a lot to do with body language and facial expressions, but he did an incredible job.”

Fickell knows Snowden's family well.

Snowden chose Cincinnati when Fickell was the head coach there. When Fickell came to UW, Snowden withdrew his commitment from the Bearcats and gave up the chance to play college baseball to join the Badgers.

“He believes in the people around him and I think that's where he somehow understood his loneliness. His family and his father are gone, but he has created a family here where I think he feels really comfortable.

“I give him a lot of credit. That's important to him and his family, but he's managed to use that as a balance and use his family in a different way.”

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