A Life Redrawn: Article on JMU assistant Clayton Matthews

[BDKJMU]

http://www.dnronline.com/sports_details.php?SPSID=48484&SPID=4660&DB_OEM_ID=8500&AID=33148&CHID=3

[Rob Iola]

That 2nd accident - yeesh...

[mcveyrl]

That 2nd accident - yeesh...

Yea, that has to be one of the most devastating things about all of it.

[BDKJMU]

The 2nd accident happened when going over Afton Mtn on I64 when he was being driven by his mom to Charlottesville for a medical appointment.


Ok, a little overboard here, since this is old news to most JMU fans:
This is a couple of years old from the 06' season:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=2604527

Old USA Today article here from after the 04' NC:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2004-12-23-jmu-matthews-cover_x.htm

Article from the Washington Post before the 04' season:
Clayton was good enough to be offered schollies by Wake and Elon:
"During his senior year of high school, after his family moved to Virginia, Clayton was offered football scholarships by Wake Forest and Elon College in North Carolina. But Clayton chose to play for his father,..."

Former JMU player may have saved his life:
"As Clayton made a wide turn onto University Boulevard, he lost control of his car and the Mustang left the road. His car plunged down a hill and into thick woods. Clayton was thrown out the driver's-side window, and Harris, who was wearing a seat belt, was trapped inside. Clayton and Harris lay in the woods for nearly an hour before James Madison defensive end Jerame Southern, of Hampton, Va., drove by the accident.

"I didn't see a car or anything," Southern said. "It was dark outside. As I was going down the hill headed home, I heard somebody screaming. I stopped in the middle of the road, didn't see anything and didn't hear the screams anymore. So I started to drive away, but I looked in the rearview mirror and saw their car in the woods."

Southern called police and reported the accident. He didn't find out Clayton was the driver until teammates told him the next day.

"I probably would have bled to death if he hadn't found me," Clayton said.""
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A48952-2004Aug7?language=printer