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Page 10 College Station, Texas Friday, September 28, 1973 THE BATTALION Ellis Unique in College Football Only Senior Letterman on Squad Larry Ellis of A&M is unique, indeed, among 1973 major col lege football players. He is the only senior letter- man on his squad. And, he wasn’t even recruited in the first place. He was a walk-on Volunteer in the spring of his sophomore year here. Larry had' played defensive end and split receiver two sea sons at Troup High School and when he decided to come out for football at A&M he thought he’d be a defensive end. But, when the 6-0, 173-pounder saw the size of the other defensive end can didates he quickly changed his mind and went with the defen sive secondary group. He broke into the starting line up late in the season and played enough to letter as a sophomore. Last year, as a junior, he was a starter all season. He had three interceptions last season, two of them coming in the 10-7 upset of Arkansas. As the only senior letterman, Ellis naturally feels that he must provide some leadership but he points out that there are seven other lettermen on the defensive squad and they can and will pro vide some leadership, even though only sophomores or jun iors. Ellis, at right safety, is the only returning starter in the sec ondary although cornerback Pat Thomas did play some as a sopho more. “The addition of JC trans fer Tim Gray at cornerback and James Daniels at safety gives us more speed in the secondary this year,” Ellis says. Ellis also thinks the front four and the linebackers will help the secondary. “The key to good pass defense in the secondary is a good pass rush from the people up front. I think our front four have both the size and quickness to put great pressure on the passer this year.” A&M’s defensive coordinator Melvin Wright, who also coaches the secondary, is high on Ellis. “Larry is a real intelligent man,” he says. “He is our quar terback in the secondary, making all the coverage calls and checks. He’s an excellent tackier, thinks extremely well in the heat of ac tion and is a tough youngster. He definitely is one of our team leaders on defense.” Larry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Ellis, Route 2, Jack sonville, Tex. His father is a rancher-farmer. A physical education major, Larry plans a career in coaching. Roaches: Ags Ready to Win Now Larry Ellis About five minutes deep in the third period last Saturday night, with LSU leading A&M, 21-9, QB Mike Jay let loose with a long bomb and little Carl Roaches made a leaping catch just behind defensive back Mike Williams and romped in for a 60-yard touchdown play. LSU sports information direc tor Paul Manasseh blurted: “If that Roaches played against us every week, he’d be All-World.” Manasseh was remembering a year ago, when Roaches, just a freshman then, bolted through the Tigers for a 97-yard kickoff return touchdown. Saturday night Roaches caught 7 passes for 156 yards and was a threat all night. You’d think he’d be happy aft erwards, right? Wrong! “Being proud about losing is a lot of bull. Whether you lose by one or a 100, it all goes in the same column.” Roaches, 5-8 and 161, is ex tremely quick and fast and he’s a tough young man. He’s also determined that he’s on a team destined to succeed. “We’ve got the talent here now and we are going to win with it. All that next year stuff is out. Next year is now!” Roaches came to A&M out of Houston Smiley High School where he was a football-track standout. He played tailback and safety two years at Smiley. Both years he was all-district, all-state and honorable-mention all-Amer ica. His senior year he won the state 100-yard dash champion ship in Class AAAA. He had a fabulous freshman season, especially as a kick re turner. In addition to the 97- yard kickoff return against LSU, he scored against Baylor on a 61- yard punt return and he scored against Rice on an 84-yard punt return. In the season’s opener against Wichita State that year, he had a 68-yard punt return TD nullified by a penalty. This year, both Wichita State and LSU concentrated on kick coverage and they didn’t let Roaches find daylight. But, it just takes one little mistake, a blink of the eye, and he’ll be in the clear and sailing toward the goal. As a freshman, Roaches divided time at split end with fellow- frosh Richard Osborne. Now Roaches plays split end and Os borne is the tight end. Aggie backers believe they’re as good a pass-catching duo as you’ll find on any college football team this year. But for Roaches, the name of the game is winning. He likes to catch passes and return kicks but the only time he’s proud at the end of the game is when the Aggies have won. Trammell Key Man In Offensive Line Carl Roaches before & 2708 motoney bryorutexos/Tsoi after These future Aggies want to see A&M beat B-C.! Infant separates now in. Soon to come Toddler Sizes. BEHIND DENNY’S One of the reasons that Texas A&M manhandled Wichita State, 48-0, in its season opener was the blocking of the offensive lines. And one of the key men in that line was big Bud Trammell, senior squadman from Dumas, Tex. When fullback Alvin Bowers broke for a 77-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, no one was happier than Trammell. “Earlier Bowers made a good run of about 30 yards and they called me for being offside. I might have lined up offside, but I know I didn’t move. Then, when he scored, he ran right over my position and I’m glad I helped open a hole for him.” At 6-2 and 265, Trammell is A&M’s largest starting offensive lineman. He may be the quick est, too. Offensive coordinator Ben Hurt says, “Trammell has amazing quickness, especially for his size. He and center Ricky Seeker are our two best blockers right now.” Trammell’s quickness may stem from his early football days when he was a junior high fullback, at 185 pounds, in Du mas. 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