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Hey, I'm Cassie DePackle, the host of Wondery's podcast against the odds.

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Just the atmosphere you would expect for Texas Baylor, a top 20 matchup underway here in

Wake up. Just over one year ago, last February, the Baylor Bears at the time the defending

national champions were playing a game against Texas. When one of the key players on their

team, six foot eight forward Jonathan Chamo Chachua, while backpedaling on defense, suddenly

took a wrong step.

He went down awkwardly at mid-court just. I think on his left knee lost his balance

and his knee gave way. Right away, it seemed clear that this was a devastating injury for

a player who was in many ways the heart and soul of Baylor's team.

You're talking about a player that's almost emblematic of what this Baylor program has

become. It's transformation very much.

Very much so.

Chamo Chachua, that's an inspirational leader back in the locker room.

But the prognosis was even worse than anyone would have thought. He was given a two-year

timetable to return, if he made it back at all.

Today, the athletic CJ Moore tells the story of Jonathan Chamo Chachua's remarkable

comeback. The role his girlfriend in a journal played in getting through his most difficult

days, and how the player known as Everyday John somehow came back better than he was before.

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