A slain Texas football star talked about his reliance on faith to guide him to his goals in a tragic social media post days before he was stabbed in the heart and died in his twin brother’s arms.
Austin Metcalf was fatally stabbed as he attended a track and field championship at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas on April 2.
Less than 48 hours before the deadly confrontation with alleged 17-year-old killer Karmelo Anthony, Metcalf reflected on how his hard work will “pay off.”
“Faith that god got me and my work will pay off,” Metcalf said in a post on X.
The 17-year-old’s post has been viewed 2.5 million times, a majority of the views coming after Anthony allegedly murdered the high school junior.
The two dual-sport athletes – who had never met each other before April 2 – got into a heated confrontation over a seat during the event between several Frisco ISD schools.
Metcalf confronted Anthony for sitting under Frisco Memorial High School’s tent in the stands, telling the Centennial High senior to move.
“And my brother stepped in and said, ‘You need to move,’” Metcalf’s twin brother Hunter told WFAA. “And he’s like, ‘Make me move.’”
Anthony quickly grabbed his backpack and pulled out a knife, stabbing Metcalf in the chest.
The melee happened in under 30 seconds.
Hunter Metcalf says he held his brother in his arms, attempting to stop the bleeding while waiting for first responders to arrive.
Metcalf’s faith-based post was a change to the rest of his X account.
The 17-year-old mainly posted thank you notes to football recruiters and invitations to college camps while occasionally hyping up his high school teammates receiving the same attention at the next level.
In a post published on Jan. 31, Metcalf echoed a similar sentiment he shared in his final post.
“Just be patient and trust god,” he wrote.
Metcalf’s brother called their parents after the stabbing as the teen was being placed on a gurney in a dire situation.
“I could see all the blood, and I saw where the wound was, and I was very concerned, so I had to find his brother, and we rushed to the hospital. And we prayed, and it’s God’s plan, I don’t understand it, but they weren’t able to save him. This is murder,” Jeff Metcalf told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth.
Metcalf’s father remembered his son as a leader and scholar student boasting a 4.0 GPA while winning the team’s MVP award for the fall football season.
“He was a leader of men. His smile would light up the room. His passion for football was unbelievable,” Jeff Metcalf wrote on GoFundMe.
“We will all remember him for the way he impacted others’ lives. I love you forever, son. It’s not goodbye, it’s see you later. God will take care of us till we meet again,” he added.
Anthony, 17, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing.
He is being held at Collin County Jail on a $1 million bond.
His father described the high school senior as a “good kid,” claiming he wasn’t the aggressor in the attack.
“Everyone has already made their assumptions about my son, but he’s not what they’re making him out to be,” Andrew Anthony told The Post Thursday.
“He was not the aggressor. He was not the one who started it,” he said.
The elder Anthony called his son’s actions a heat-of-the-moment mistake and both families are reeling in the murder.
“I feel bad for the other parents and family, and words can’t explain how both [families] have been affected by this tragedy.”
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