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FWST: Postseason honors pile up for TCU's NFL-bound Jason Verrett
By Stefan Stevenson
sstevenson@star-telegram.com
TCU cornerback Jason Verrett was named a Walter Camp first team All-American on Thursday, a day after earning Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year honors from the league’s coaches.
Verrett’s three-year run as a Horned Frog has been a fascinating study in resiliency after he famously struggled against Baylor’s Robert Griffin III in the 2011 season opener in his first start at TCU.
He’s used to questions about that Baylor game, in which the Bears threw for six touchdown passes, including three against him.
“That’s just part of my story. They go back to that game and try to say ‘where did this kid come from?’” he said. “It changed me as a person and grew me up as an athlete on the field and off the field, too.” ...
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/12/12/5414851/postseason-honors-pile-up-for.html#storylink=cpy
By Stefan Stevenson
sstevenson@star-telegram.com
TCU cornerback Jason Verrett was named a Walter Camp first team All-American on Thursday, a day after earning Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year honors from the league’s coaches.
Verrett’s three-year run as a Horned Frog has been a fascinating study in resiliency after he famously struggled against Baylor’s Robert Griffin III in the 2011 season opener in his first start at TCU.
He’s used to questions about that Baylor game, in which the Bears threw for six touchdown passes, including three against him.
“That’s just part of my story. They go back to that game and try to say ‘where did this kid come from?’” he said. “It changed me as a person and grew me up as an athlete on the field and off the field, too.” ...
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/12/12/5414851/postseason-honors-pile-up-for.html#storylink=cpy
