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There is a whole section about Longhorn walk-ons. Garrett Graff’s story is one of them. Garrett was a walk-on who also possessed talented vocal cords. Words will never describe Garrett’s joy the moment Coach Herman surprised Garret at a team meeting with a football scholarship. A walk-on receiving a scholarship is a hallmark moment. A…
#40 Brad Hermes From the book One Heart Beat by Mack Brown with Bill Little “It was the fever that had done it when he was just a year and a half old. But years of reading lips, learning to sign, and adjusting to a hearing aid that brought “environmental sounds” such as a knock…
Drew Oldis served as a Longhorn scout team member for three seasons. Here are two links about Drew https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/boerne-isd-announces-athletic-hall-of-honor-inductees https://youtu.be/bzQJksW-F6I #68 Drew Oldis.jpg 2019 Drew Oldis walk-on #3.jpg 2019 Drew Oldis with Lawrence Hunter.jpg 2019 Drew Oldis.jpg #block-yui_3_17_2_1_1716303615151_1923 .sqs-gallery-block-grid .sqs-gallery-design-grid { margin-right: -20px; } #block-yui_3_17_2_1_1716303615151_1923 .sqs-gallery-block-grid .sqs-gallery-design-grid-slide .margin-wrapper { margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; }…
Enjoy these Videos each is very uplifting and says a lot about the Longhorn walk-on athlete whose dream of a scholarship is realized. Below is the song referred to in the first video.
Foreword by Billy Dale Thanks to a TLSN Facebook subscriber, Marcy Johnson, Donny Eckhardt Jr.’s story is now chronicled in the walk-on section of TLSN. Donny shares some wonderful memories of the Texas and Texas A&M games. But what intrigued me most was that he was a walk-on at Texas. Many may not realize that…