TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Monday night was devastating, as wide receiver Chris Godwin suffered a season-ending ankle injury.
It was even more heartbreaking for Kathy Joos.
She brought a sign to the game that read: “GODWIN’S second grade teacher is SO PROUD of him!”
She traveled from Delaware for her first NFL game to watch her former student play.
“Even before when I got to the stadium, I was determined to be the first one walking through the gate. And I was,” Joos said. “I wanted to make a b-line for the field. It was a wonderful experience.”
Godwin was Joos’ student at Keene Elementary School in Newark, Delaware in 2003. Two decades later, Godwin still has a positive influence in her classroom.
“I do have a Godwin wall,” she said. “It’s a conversation piece that a lot of my students now will talk about Chris. They actually ask …