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Subscriptions: A part of the University Advancement Fee entitles each Texas A&M student to pick up a single copy of The Battalion. First copy free, additional copies $1. From Kyle Field to the sport's biggest stage: Aggies in the Super Bowl Millions will tune in Sunday to watch Super Bowl XLIX. Four Aggies-turned- Seahawks will be fa miliar to A&M fans. DL Michael Bennett By Carter Karels rs- “I would describe it as two angels dancing while chocolate is coming from the heavens on a nice Sunday morning. ” That’s how Seahawks de fensive lineman Michael Ben nett described his sack dance, something he could very well display to the world during the Super Bowl. Bennett wasn’t al ways the star of the show like he was with the media all year, particularly recently. Bennett was born in Loui siana but spent his childhood in Houston with his brother, Martellus, and together they attended and played football for Alief Taylor High School. Both signed with A&M. After amassing 43 tackles and six tackles for loss in his ju nior year, Bennett was named honorable mention All-Big 12. By the start of his senior year, he became the full-time starter, and posted even better num bers than before. This time, Bennett hoarded 42 tackles and 12 tackles for loss, however he did not receive any post-season honors. Bennett went undrafted and was added as a free agent to the Seahawks roster in 2009, after witnessing his brother bolt ear ly from A&M and get drafted second round to the Cowboys. Four games into the season, Bennett was waived off the ros ter and joined the Buccaneers. Bennett spent four years with Tampa Bay before rejoin ing Seattle. By being the leader in sacks with the Bucs in 2012 at nine, Seattle signed him to a one-year, $5 million con tract. Although he started three games with them in 2013, Ben nett tied as leader in sacks with 8.5, earning him a four-year, $28.5 million contract. One year later, Bennett found himself fitting on his first Super Bowl ring. One more after that, fans witnessed a 6-foot-4,270-pound lineman riding a bicycle in celebration of reaching his second straight championship game. p.lewis61 7 days ayo Aggies in the Super Bo tfGigEm m n m m •M m astewartOSO.divB Like this cQcooiaid1914 *GIGCM _don_fub£»n_ Gig’em ohanemameSS So excited for you P3 Mai* nfkolay.chol8kov.lnfo Nice rossibcol 206 stand up „devryj C. MikeS? sports nut200A Go Hawks <T< *«? ' Screenshot from Instagram Aggies Patrick Lewis (left), Christine Michael and Steven Terell pose for a photo during Super Bowl Media Days. RB Christine Michael DB Steven Terrell 01 Patrick Lewis By Conner Darland By Lawrence Smelser By Andre Perrard Nw Running back Christine js. While the Seattle Se- About 34 miles Michael received an early ahawks were busy win- west of New Or- dose of Texas A&M through nmg their first Super Bowl, leans, Louisiana, on the his head coach and Aggie Steven Terrell never would eastern bank of the Mis- Craig Stump at Beaumont have dreamed of being on sissippi River, lies the West Brook High School. In their squad a year later. Terrell town of Reserve, popu- 2009, Michael won the Wal- has had quite the journey as a lation 9,111. Reserve ter Payton Trophy for the best free safety, from his time as a is the hometown of high school football athlete. three-star recruit at Allen High Patrick Lewis, who was Michael accepted a schol- School to winning the Cotton ranked at the end of his arship to play for the Aggies, Bowl with Texas A&M to senior year the fourth- and remained with them from preparing a Super Bowl. best center in the 2009 2009 to 2012. Michael shined Terrell grew up in Dal- recruiting class. He had in his freshman campaign, las, Texas, and stayed close offers from Connecticut, leading the team with 844 to home at Texas A&M from Southern Mississippi and rushing yards and 10 touch- 2009 to 2012. In his first year, Tulsa before choosing to downs. He was named Big 12 he played a limited role with pl a Y f° r Texas A&M. Freshman of the Year. the A&M defense but still saw Lewis saw action in His sophomore and junior game time as a true freshman. every game his freshman seasons were cut short after In his second year, he year, eventually becom- suffering a broken leg against played in all 13 games and ing a starter for the last Texas Tech in 2010 and a recorded 46-total tackles as nine games in 2009. knee injury against Okla- a sophomore. By his junior From there, he appeared homa in 2011. In his senior year, he became a household in 51 games for the Ag- campaignhe ran for 417 yards name on defense. gies, starting in 48 con- on 88 attempts and scored a He excelled as a senior in secutive games, career-high 12 touchdowns. Texas A&M’s first season in After moving from of- In his career at A&M, Mi- the SEC. He started every fensive guard to center af- chael ran the ball for 2,791 game and recorded 37 total ter his sophomore season, yards and 34 touchdowns. tackles along with two in- Lewis earned All-Big 12 In 2013, Michael entered terceptions and two forced honors. In his senior sca the 2013 NFL Draft and was fumbles. son, Lewis earned All- selected in the second round Terrell was not drafted in SEC honors en route to with the 62nd overall pick by the 2013 NFL Draft. He had an 11-2 finish, snapping the Seattle Seahawks. Cur- stints with the Jacksonville the football to Heisman rendy, he is in his second Jaguars and Houston Tex- winning quarterback, season with the Seahawks and ans before finding his cur- Johnny Manziel. headed to his second Super rent home in Seattle. Fie was After his senior year. Bowl. signed to the team’s practice Lewis entered the NFL Michael has seen limited squad on August 31. draft, where he went carries in his career with the Terrell saw action in four undrafted. However, Seahawks — he is the back games. He played with the in free agency he was up to Pro Bowl running back special teams and in nickel signed by the Green Marshawn Lynch and Robert packages after Byron Maxwell Bay Packers. Since then, Turbin. In the 2013-14 sea- left the game due to injury. he has had stints with son, he ran for 79 yards on Terrell has been moved multi- the Jacksonville Jaguars 18 attempts, but has seen an pie times between the practice and now Seattle. In his increase in carries this season squad and the active roster. He NFL career, Lewis has with 34 carries for 175 yards. was re-assigned January 6 to appeared in six games, the active roster. starting in four of them. NFL CONTINUED problem internally. “We have to have more than public messaging here,” Dubriwny said. “As somebody who watches the NFL and is a fan of football, I’m not ready to stand up and applaud until I see internal changes as well.” Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was indicted mid-Feb ruary of last year when video surfaced that showed him dragging his then-girl- friend, now-wife from an elevator after physical violence between the couple. And former Vikings running back Adrian Peterson reached a plea agree ment with prosecutors after child abuse charges were leveled against him for striking his son with a tree branch. In addition to the NO MORE cam paign, the NFL produced a video in partnership with Texas A&M this fall called “A Call to Coaches: Domestic Vi olence and Sexual Assault Awareness,” said Jason Cook, senior associate athletics director for external affairs. “This was a video that included coach Sumlin that was mailed to every high school and college coach around the country, encouraging them to be aware of and act against domestic violence and abuse,” Cook said. “This is a very sig nificant issue nationally, but one Texas A&M has assumed a leadership role in as well. ” The video shows Head Coach Kevin Sumlin speaking to the players about the core value of respect. Cook said Texas A&M athletics also has a series of seminars at the start of every year, one of which, titled “The Consequences of Your Actions,” is mandatory for all student athletes at New Student-Athlete Orientation and addresses domestic abuse, along with other issues. During the seminar, current and former athletes as well as faculty and coaching staff share advice and testimony to the new athletes. “We have, for our football team, several speakers that come through on a very regular basis,” Cook said. “And then coach Sumlin has spoken person ally to the team about being aware of and acting against violence and domestic abuse.” Dubriwny said domestic violence in the NFL and among athletes is indicative of a broader social problem. “It’s particularly visible here because these men are very famous — we see them on TV every day and we’re now becoming aware of the fact that they also engage in domestic violence,” Dubri wny said. “But domestic violence is not confined to the NFL.” Sonia Mahabir, assistant coordina tor in the Women’s Resource Center, said it’s important for everyone to be more engaged in preventing domestic violence in our community and the NO MORE campaign should help spark the conversation. The Women’s Resource Center of fers presentations on a variety of domes tic and sexual abuse topics. The center also organizes the Silent Witness Proj ect, a traveling memorial that displays domestic violence stories on victim sil houettes. “The Women’s Resource Center’s Silent Witness Project is currently on display in the Academic Building,” Mahabir said. “The traveling memorial hopes to raise awareness about dating domestic violence in our community and spark conversation.” Looking for a college book that will never lose its value? Look no further... pre-order your Aggielandyearbook. The 113th edition of Texas A&M University's official yearbook will be a record of the 2014-2015 school year, chronicling traditions, academics, the other education, sports, the Corps, Greeks and campus organizations, and will feature student portraits from all classes. Distribution will be during Fall 2015. Go online to http://aggieland.tamu.edu or call 979-845-2696. Memories fade. 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