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Page 11 • Thursday, September 30, 1999
Continuing the tradition
mebacker Jason Glenn carries on
recking Crew, family legacies
BY BETH MILLER
The Battalion
No longer hidden in the shad
es If his older brother and de-
(isive greats Dat Nguyen and
arick Holdman, junior line-
J; cker Jason Glenn has stepped
to the spotlight as a strong
‘' Peking Crew asset.
Glenn started his career on the
xas A&M Football Team as a
k, lelreshman and played in all
-games in 1997, scoring one
uchdown, breaking up two
i isses and posting 20 tackles.
During his sophomore year, he
2% oki up one pass, posteel a sack
c ' id [compiled 26 tackles — six
ihind the line of scrimmage —
(J a backup to Holdman.
tas Hte has finally climbed the lad-
ris: ir [to a starting position and
ads the team in sacks with four
the Aggies’ first three games.
Has 20 tackles so far — seven
Boss — and Glenn’s team-
ates said they are impressed
ith his performance.
“Everybody was worried
Hit the void that Warrick
:ansoldit oldman left, but 1 think Jason
like boysHdone a very successful job of
iin Choor tking on the responsibility of
the time, slrning off the edge and applying
1 death tolHsure to the quarterback,” ju-
Ri one oh for linebacker Cornelius Antho-
ia/ge-5cahy said. “He’s the kind of guy
byU.S.®t loves the game of football.
;uiT’smaii«ry day during practice, he is
nsnote. Iways saying, ‘if you don’t love
- VietnamL then you shouldn’t be out
it. -lip uere,’ and that’s him.
i plays every down hard
intil the whistle blows, and
that’s the type of guy you want
on your defense.”
A&M coach R.C. Slocum said
he has been impressed with
Glenn since he joined the team.
He said Glenn has been on a path
to success throughout his college
career and did especially well
last year.
“In high school, he was de
fensive player of the year in the
city of Houston as a safety, and
he came here and has been on a
path since he got here,” Slocum
said. “He made some great plays
for us last year, and I think it has
elevated his play.
”He will be an all-star caliber
linebacker for us this year.”
Glenn said he has surprised
himself with his performance
this year, but his main concern is
the success of the team.
“I want to have the No. 1 de
fense in America,” he said. “ And
I want a Big 12 championship
and a national title.
“I want to go back to
Louisiana to the Sugar Bowl.”
Glenn, who is No. 10 in a fam
ily of 11 kids, said family support
is a big part of his inspiration. He
said although he is proud of his
older brother Aaron, who gradu
ated from A&M in 1993 and now
plays cornerback for the New
York Jets, he would not want to
be his teammate.
“If I go to the pros, if I’m
blessed, I will get a chance to
play against my brother,” he
said. “We have always been on
the same team, and I wouldn’t
mind playing with him, but I
would rather have the chance to
play against him. We have al
ways had a friendly competition
between us.”
He said his future aspirations
include playing professionally,
and his first choice would be the
Miami Dolphins, although he
would also enjoy playing for
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill
Cowher.
The competition between the
brothers, Glenn said, goes back
to when he was five and first
started playing football. He said
his older brother had scored nine
touchdowns in one game, and he
wanted to beat the record.
“In this one game, I had a
chance to beat it,” he said. “I had
four touchdowns by halftime,
and by the fourth quarter, I had
nine touchdowns and I had to
score one more to break it. On
this one play, I ran to the left,
then cut all the way back to the
right. I was wide open, and there
was nothing in front of me, and I
tripped. I never had another
chance to break it.”
Although the Wrecking Crew
lost some of its best players after
last season, it leads the nation in
rushing defense, giving up 22.7
yards per game.
Glenn said he expects the Ag
gies’ defense to go beyond what
last year’s team did. He said the
Wrecking Crew’s major strength
this season is depth.
“Everybody had concerns, but
I knew that we had so much
depth,” he said. “In fact, I think
we are a lot better now because
we have so much depth at every
position, that nobody gets tired.”
JP BEATO/The Battalion
Junior linebacker Jason Glenn has made the most of his first year starting for the Aggies. Glenn leads A&M
this season with four sacks and seven tackles for loss.
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