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PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Ivory Bryant wears a big campaign-style button with a picture of her son on it and the words Mr. Everything.Jabrill Peppers is most certainly that to Michigan, where hes a three-way player and Heisman Trophy contender. To Bryant, though, touchdowns and tackles arent what makes Peppers her Mr. Everything. For her, Peppers is all a mother could hope for a son to be.We have a strong bond, Bryant said after Peppers led the fourth-ranked Wolverines to a 78-0 victory Saturday night against Rutgers in his home state. So when I think about all that hes gone through and how hes persevered through it all, its just amazing. It makes a mom proud to see your son go through such hardships, trials and tribulations and yet they stay focused on their dreams. So it makes me feel good. He is very blessed and we just thank God for that.Peppers, who is from East Orange and won four state titles in high school, put on a show for dozens of friends and family members who were getting to see him play a college game in person for the first time.Against Rutgers, he was part of a defense that did not allow a first down until the fourth quarter, and he ran for two touchdowns. Peppers would have had three TDs if his 44-yard punt return in the first quarter didnt get called back because of a penalty.Bryant had a great view of Peppers spinning and ducking return, sitting with the rest of Team Jabrill -- as the T-shirts read -- in the stands behind the corner of the end zone into which he raced.It counts to my mama so thats alright with me, Peppers tweeted after the game.Peppers turned 21 just a few days ago, but his mother said enduring tough times hastened his maturity. When Peppers was 7, his father, Terry Peppers, was sent to prison. Seven years later, his big brother, Don Curtis, was shot and killed.I was just 14 years old, and for the second time in my life, the most dominant male figure in my life was gone, Peppers wrote for the Players Tribune before last years Ohio State game.Football helped Peppers stay on the right path, Bryant said.It was definitely a structured activity. So when youre living in an urban community theres a lot of distractions, some positive, some negative, Bryant said. You always pray that your child would gravitate toward the positive and he did just that.Bryant stressed education. If Peppers didnt make the grades mama wanted, he was not allowed to play. She said she held him out of a game during his sophomore season in high school. He was mad, but it never happened again.He is very intelligent, Bryant said. But certainly the experiences he had, he had to grow up faster. His brother died. You ask yourself, `Am I going to stay on the path or am I going to allow this to distract me? And he used it to propel him forward, even higher.Peppers plays offense, defense and special teams and has numerous roles within those phases. The bio page on Michigans website lists Peppers as linebacker/defensive back. Really, though, he is a position-less player, which allows defensive coordinator Don Brown to change formations without changing personnel.On offense, Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh said the staff has been installing more plays with Peppers at quarterback. Peppers scored twice on direct snaps against Rutgers and hes not just a runner. Peppers had an option to pass on one of those plays, Harbaugh said.Harbaugh turned his postgame news conference Saturday night into a Heisman infomercial for Peppers, calling him the best player in the country and comparing him to the legendary Jim Thorpe.To be able to coach a guy like Jabrill Peppers is a real joy, Harbaugh said.As the clock wound down at High Point Solutions Stadium, Peppers was behind the Michigan bench, slapping hands with Wolverines fans in the stands and giving away gloves and other small pieces of equipment.Before he headed for the tunnel, he ran over to where his mom was sitting. The seats are a good 10 or 12 feet up from field level so he couldnt do much more than call up a Love you, before bounding away.I didnt cry, but my heart was definitely warm, Bryant said. Just to see him come home, to do very well as he always does, but to see him do well in front of his home state was rewarding.---Follow Ralph D. 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They have a 71-5 record since the start of the 2011 season, and the 2015 senior class graduated with as many national titles as losses in their career.Horns Up, available through Amazon and Kindle, details NDSUs rise to a level of national prominence that nobody saw coming. The book touches on the Bisons past success -- they had won eight national titles on the college division and Division II levels by the time they moved to Division I in 2004 -- but it concentrates on NDSUs decision to move up to the FCS level and gives a behind-the-scenes look into how the first 12 seasons have unfolded on and off the field under the leadership of school administrators and coaching staffs led by Craig Bohl and Chris Klieman.Surely no writer was more ready to tell the NDSU story than Kolpack. His late father Ed covered Bison teams for more than 30 years, even wrote a book in 1992 on the success over the prior three decades. Jeff followed him into the family business (his brother Dave also is a sportswriter) and has been a Bison beat writer for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead since 1995.As a first-time author, Kolpack weaves in the first person to depict the NDSU story with both candor and humor. He tells how NDSUs dynasty has played out on ESPN and brought national attention to its many All-Americans and award winners, such as quarterbacks Carson Wentz and Brock Jensen and defensive stalwarts Kyle Emanuel and Marcus Williams.But what stands out the moost to Kolpack is the lifeblood within the Missouri Valley Conference program.ddddddddddddI think the story behind the story is how tough they were, Kolpack said.And when I went back and talked to former players there, they were just much more open to really what happened, and how they did it, how things went as far as quote-unquote behind-the-scenes stuff. I just came across how tough these guys were. When you have a player (former linebacker Travis Beck) whose shoulder pops out and in the huddle hes telling another player to pop it back in because he knows if he comes out of the game, the trainers going to say youre done for the day …Those are the things that you never hear about during the season when you cover a team. When (former defensive end) Cole Jurik is brushing his teeth and his shoulder pops out and hes in the starting lineup two days later. These guys, theyre in a different stratosphere as far handling the pain threshold.That just stands out to me as the one theme that, boy, they just found a lot of guys who not only were talented, but they had all those other intangibles coaches love. It just all came together in one five-year stretch.Kolpack began to write Horns Up after NDSU captured its fourth straight FCS championship following the 2014 season. The book wasnt completed, though, by the time last season got underway.Eventually that turned into good fortune for Kolpack. The Bison, despite losing a quarterback (Wentz) who later became the No. 2 pick in this years NFL Draft for eight games because of injury, went on to win their fifth straight title.So, yes, they can be considered college footballs greatest dynasty … even if their run isnt over.Its like when people win a title and somebody asks you how do you feel, Kolpack said. Its like, Oh, I dont know, it hasnt hit me yet. I dont know if its hit this area yet, how amazing these five runs and titles in a row were. I think maybe after a couple 7-4 seasons, theyll look back and go, Oh, boy, geez. Things were really good back then, werent they, with that run? ' ' '