No player has appeared in and won three Super Bowls with three different teams. @VonMiller can change that this year.
After an illustrious career with the @Broncos before joining the @RamsNFL on their #SBLVI quest, the future HOFer starts a new journey tomorrow night. (THREAD)
Von’s success in the NFL hasn’t been a surprise. He earned multiple First-team All-American honors and won the Dick Butkus Award with @AggieFootball.
Denver drafted Miller with the 2nd pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, making him the highest picked Aggie since 2000, at the time.
How would Von fare as a rookie you ask? Well, on his FIRST play in his career, he forced a fumble. (He’d have a knack for forcing fumbles, we’ll get back to that.)
Miller’s stellar rookie season earned him DROY honors.
The 2015-16 season was one to remember for Von and the Broncos.
Remember the forcing fumbles thing? Well, he’d do it again on the biggest stage in Super Bowl 50 - a play that lives on in eternity in Denver.
Ring No. 1 ✅
11+ seasons and eight Pro Bowls later, Miller took his talents out west to join the Rams midseason last year.
In 12 games with LA, Von had nine sacks, including two in the Super Bowl.
Ring No. 2 ✅
No one has the clutch gene quite like Von Miller. He is tied for most career Super Bowl sacks (4.5) in just two appearances.
He became just the second player ever to have multiple Super Bowl performances with multiple sacks.
Now the guy who leads the league in sacks since 2011 is joining the top-ranked defense from last season, the @BuffaloBills.
While Von has ring No. 3 and history on his mind, his season begins in LA for #Kickoff2022 - against the squad he held the Lombardi with in February. 🍿
The #WPMOY Award is the most prestigious honor in the NFL, given to a player that exemplifies greatness on and off the field.
But to understand the significance of this achievement, it's important to the know the man who the award was named after. 🧵
Walter Payton was born on July 25th, 1954, in Columbia, Mississippi. As a child, he was involved with his church and Boy Scouts, which shaped his strong character.
He did not play football until his junior year of high school, not wanting to compete with his brother Eddie.
Once Eddie graduated, Walter agreed to play on the team and immediately became a star. During his senior year, his all-Black school integrated, and Payton’s athletic performance and sheer determination helped ease the tension around desegregation in his community.
On Saturday, the @Lions and @Broncos meet for the first time since 2021. Both teams are top 2 in their respective divisions and vying for playoff spots.
But there’s an added layer of competitiveness between these clubs’ HCs.🧵
Dan Campbell and @SeanPayton have known each other for nearly 25 years, and this is the first time they’ll meet as head coaches.
Their friendship began when TE Dan Campbell was drafted in 1999 by the @Giants, where Payton was a QB coach.
When @SeanPayton moved to Dallas to become the @dallascowboys assistant HC, Campbell was one of the first free agents to sign with Dallas. He was there for 3 years before signing with Detroit.
Born in the Republic of Gambia, Ali Gaye’s journey to the NFL Draft has been anything but ordinary. 🇬🇲
(THREAD 🧵⬇️)
LSU edge prospect Ali Gaye grew up in The Gambia, Africa’s smallest mainland country, and immigrated to the United States when he was 12. Gaye, along with his parents and two siblings, settled in Lynwood, Washington.
As a kid, Ali Gaye’s favorite sport was soccer. When he adjusted to American culture, Gaye turned to football in 8th grade at the age of 14. He had the footwork with his soccer background and developed as a three-star recruit coming out of Edmonds Woodway High School.