COCOA, Fla. – From his high school to the police department, Cocoa is celebrating 24-year-old Jamel Dean, its first student athlete to play in and win the Super Bowl.
The city’s Deputy Mayor Alex Goins is also a youth football coach. He said he’s known the Bucs cornerback since he was 6 or 7-years-old. [TRENDING: Trooper Steve diagnosed with cancer amid pandemic | Latest on $1,400 payments | How to get vaccine in Fla.] “Jamel is a light for all of us to shine bright and to have somebody from a small place like Cocoa, 20,000 residents, it’s a beautiful thing, for me personally, and also for all the youth that we have in this community, as well,” Goins said.