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University of connecticut. >> at first, he wouldn't talk to me but there's days saying like, there's our dream to play together. come on, please. >> but aaron stands firm believing his football career will soar in gator country. coming up, a promising college career overshadowed by trouble off the field. if you don't think when you think aarp, you don't know "aarp." aarp's staying sharp keeps your brain healthy with online exercises by the top minds in brain science. find more real possibilities at aarp.org/possibilities.

And aaron, the way they intertwined. it was just magic, in my eyes. >> but in a heartbeat, that closeness is gone. >> i was sitting in math class with another teammate, phone rang. teacher went to go pick up the phone. and then she said,"you need to go up to the coach's room." coach walks in and says, "dennis has passed away." >> dennis hernandez, aaron's father, his anchor, dies after routine hernia surgery. it hit 16-year-old aaron hard. >> he was just sad. he couldn't stop the tears. >> felt uncomfortable to see him so hurt. i felt bad for him. >> that father/son relationship comes up in co...

>> that father/son relationship comes up in conversations with sheriff thomas hudson, who runs the jail where hernandez is being jailed. >> clearly at 16-year-old, old losing your father would be easy to follow into the lifestyle of following people that don't help you make the best choices. >> one choice he makes is to tattoo some of his dad's advice on his arms. >> this is a quote my father always used to give me, "if it is to be, it is up to me, saying whatever i want my life to be is up to me to make it out that way." >> when it comes time to his his college pick, not even his brother, dj,...

He had the family traits, his father and uncle were standout athletes. >> his older brother, dj, was a sports hero, too. bob montgomery covers high school sports for "the bristol press." >> aaron did track, in audition to football, he also did basketball. he was described in any sport he played as a man playing with children. >> he was just kind of goofy and fun. >> kind of had a baby face and, you know, all the teachers loved him. >> brad mcmillan and andrew rigali played basketball with aaron beginning in middle school. >> he was twice the size of me. we were the same height, but he was more...

It was made with marijuana, said to be supplied by hernandez. sources tell cnn aaron hernandez also used angel dust and that could have made him paranoid. one says he felt he was a target, that people were coming after him. >> the combination of those drugs, depending on the long-term use of the drugs and the amount of drugs could cause someone to become violent, could cause someone to become very paranoid, could cause someone to overreact to a situation, appear to be more impulsive. >> that kind of behavior doesn't describe the aaron hernandez many remember growing up in bristol, connecticut,...