Derek Carr is helpless.
It's the early morning hours of Aug. 5, 2013, and Fresno State is in the midst of fall camp. But Derek Carr isn't going to make it to practice in the morning. He's fighting through tears as he calls Fresno State head coach Tim DeRuyter to tell him why, his words barely understandable through the sobs.
Derek Carr's son Dallas, who was born just a few hours earlier, is being rushed into surgery to untangle his intestines.