Lately, Bram Kohlhausen spends more weekends at his old college stomping grounds in Fort Worth. 

He’s 32 years old now, but time has only made the myth he created for himself at TCU larger. Two weeks ago, some kids picked up his tab at a restaurant, then walked up to his table and said, ‘Thanks for everything.’ This past Sunday, he attended TCU’s basketball game against Colorado and multiple people stopped to take pictures with him. 

Everyone who loves this University has a story of where they were the night of January 2, 2016, when walk-on quarterback Bram Kohlhausen, in his only career start, led TCU back from a 31-0 halftime deficit to a triple-overtime victory over Oregon in the Alamo Bowl. When they see Kohlhausen around town, they must tell him their memory of it. And, honestly, he loves hearing it.

“It’s good to know there’s that Fort Worth community and support system,” Kohlhausen said.

He’s needed them more and more in the 18 months since his accident - since he moved back in with his mom in Houston, a once-college quarterback relearning how to put his clothes on and shower by himself. Since the hardware in his body made how he physically feels dependent on the temperature it is outside. Since both his legs were amputated from the mid-calf down.

The Alamo Bowl was a miracle. Disney even approached TCU and Kohlhausen about making it into a movie a couple months after the game. But there’s a second miracle Kohlhausen completed when he survived a 75-foot fall from a helicopter during a hunting trip. TCU’s cheers for Kohlhausen’s second act have been just as loud as the first.

Against all odds, he’s a living legend.