Here is the full response we received from Dabo:
“I really don't have an answer for you other than he's decided to give up football. We've really invested in him. He was going to play this year and play a lot. He had the makings of becoming a special player. All the tools in the world. He just said he doesn't want to play football anymore. Nothing negative. He just wants to go to school and get a job, go to work. He's got some career goals he's interested in. It's disappointing because he's got a gift to play the game. But you have to want to do it and he doesn't love it. He doesn't want to do it.”
“I really don't have an answer for you other than he's decided to give up football. We've really invested in him. He was going to play this year and play a lot. He had the makings of becoming a special player. All the tools in the world. He just said he doesn't want to play football anymore. Nothing negative. He just wants to go to school and get a job, go to work. He's got some career goals he's interested in. It's disappointing because he's got a gift to play the game. But you have to want to do it and he doesn't love it. He doesn't want to do it.”
