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I've always believed it was Solich who kept benching guys after their fumbles in the Kent game. The fact that it was Albin who called AJ's number makes me like him all the more.

That’s a great story. Even if he didn’t make the pros his experience would have helped him succeed at life. Sports teach a lesson.

I remember my wife, two boys and I walking into Dix Stadium well before the start of the game and seeing this not very well known (to us) player, with much of his game gear already on, talking with several people standing near one of the main entrances outside the stadium. I remember at the time thinking I don’t know much about this guy but he is not unfamiliar with the weight room. Not sure I have ever seen a similar interaction with others in such a setting, pre game, before or since. When AJ began to impact the game we began to realize that was the guy out front! A truly great Bobcat. Glad he ended up in Athens.

I'll remember AJ on the field as a Bobcat but I'll also remember how many family and friends that he always had in the stands even when he was a walk-on before he got on the field.

I’ll never forget AJ’s last college game (?) in the Frisco bowl. I stood in the rain with AJ’s dad the whole second half and he pretty much told me what the plays would be, before they happened. That dude knew football. Everything was going okay and OU was driving for another touchdown when AJ fumbled. I think it was his first of the season but I’m not sure about that. His Dad was so disappointed as you can imagine.