So even though head coach Steve Sarkisian rightfully called Taaffe’s ascension from walk on to second-team All-American “probably the coolest story on our team right now,” the Austin Westlake product arrived in Atlanta at SEC Media Days with the flood victims of Camp Mystic on his mind and on his tie.

Sally Sample Graves was a grandmother who was killed in the flooding, the BBC reported. Sarah Sample wrote that a massive wave destroyed her grandmother’s home. Sarah Sample’s father and his dog were also in the home at the time but both survived.