From Timpson to the top of college football Story by Sydnei Miles, Managing Editor
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e’s No. 11 on the field and a projected first round NFL Draft pick. You know him as the player who pancakes every offensive lineman on his way to the quarterback, but the person behind the shoulder pads and cleats is one many don’t intimately know. The little boy from Timpson, Texas would have never predicted his life would turn out this way. Junior defensive lineman Nic Scourton never questioned his love for football. “Growing up, I always wanted to play football,” Scourton said. “But I [have] a summer birthday, so I was always really young, and I was overweight. So I didn’t get to play for real until the seventh, eighth grade, but I’ve always loved football. I started taking it seriously around COVID time, sophomore year, during that period. Junior year is when I really quit all my other sports and just played football.” The journey to where he is now has not come without its challenges. Scourton’s dad took the risk of moving their family to College Station once out of prison, but during his fifth grade year his parents made the decision to split. “My mom moved to Bryan, my dad stayed in College Station,” Scourton said. “I stayed with my dad for two years, and I went with my mom in the seventh grade. Things just weren’t going the right way over there, and I had a better opportunity to just be a kid and play football, get my grades up [and] just move in with my principal. I really [was] just locking in to football, school and my faith and things like that. It really is [what] got me to where I am.” Scourton’s adoptive dad and principal of Bryan High School Lane Buban said the idea to have Scourton stay with them was initiated by his son, Andrew, who was adamant about helping in any way possible.
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