The NCAA will allow Boise State University (BSU) to assist a homeless football recruit right away.

The NCAA announced they had received and accepted the school's request Tuesday night and announced Wednesday the school would be allowed to provide immediate assistance. BSU providing Antoine Turner with assistance would otherwise have been a rules violation.

"Wake up, survive. Go to sleep, survive. Wake up, survive. Every day," Turner told KTVB.

Tuner, a six-foot-three, 280-pound defensive end recruit, was living in a motel or his girlfriend's car. He will arrive at the BSU campus June 1, ahead of the summer session that will start June 9.

Turner's mother died when he was four years old, then Hurricane Katrina hit his hometown eight years later.

"Nothing was really normal anymore. New Orleans wasn't New Orleans anymore," Turner said, adding "I didn't really have the mental stability to lead a normal life."

He said he would run drugs for the local gang in order to keep him and his family safe. He said he knew he was working for thugs and gangsters, but it was just another way for him to survive. Turner said the silver lining was he gained the gang's trust and the members would help him and his family if they needed.

Football was Turner's way to escape and BSU is offering him that opportunity.

"I've talked with Antoine about, he's survived this far," BSU head football coach Bryan Harson told the Idaho Statesman. "He's had unfortunate situations, and he knows it, and we've talked about it, but the reality is, I told him the other night, 'Your situation is going to change as far as living goes, but your life is going to get harder because you're going to come here and you're going to graduate and we're going to expect a lot out of you.' His response is, 'That's what I want.'"