Sooners wide receiver Nick Basquine honors his mom in heartfelt Twitter post
The son stepping into the footsteps of the dad. It’s such an easy sports story that it is nearly a cliche.
Certainly the story of Sterling Shepard and his late father Derrick Shepard is one such feel good narrative.
But it’s not always that way. And yet, it can be an equally inspiring story.
Such as the case of Nick Basquine.
Basquine is the son of former OU football player Anthony Stafford (on the same ’85 OU national championship team as Derrick Shepard). But, Nick doesn’t want his accomplishments on the football field to be framed by the legend of Stafford. Basquine doesn’t want Stafford mentioned every time he scores a touchdown for the Sooners this season. He does not have a relationship with his dad. He hasn’t since he was an infant.
The most important person in Basquine’s life is his mother, Mary.
Below is the Twitter post Basquine posted today. Read it. It’s an impressively eloquent and honest and mature message from a young man who honors his mom who raised him here in Norman, from Eisenhower Elementary to Norman North.