Live from Big 12 Media Days, we are so fired up to be here.

It's going to be a great couple of days in Arlington, and we're extra excited to say hello to Sam

Aacho, you know him well from his days with the Texas Longhorns.

We're here talking to Sam about the Allstate AFCA Good Works team.

Sam, you are on that team.

I don't want to date you, but that was almost 15 years.

A little over 10. Let's not go almost 15 let's go a little over 10

meet me in the middle fine little over 10 years ago you were on the all state a good works team so

that's really a community based award what did that award mean to you i mean all the on the field

accolades are one thing but off the field getting this community based award from all state what is

that like?

Well, I meant everything to me. And so obviously, as football players, we want to be the best we can be

on the fields. We also are human beings as well who care about issues off the field as well. So being

able to be one of the members of the Allstate AFCA Good Works team met everything to me because

not only did acknowledge my good work as a football player, but more so, what are you

doing for your community, whether it be Austin, Texas, or even my family, or from Nigeria,

did a lot of work in Nigeria. So, like, that's what meant a lot to me as a player back in 2010

being one of the members of the Allstate AFCA Good Works team. So now we've got 10 Big 12 players

nominated on that list. It just came out here recently. They'll announce it in September.

What would you say to those guys who are on that list now and, you know, they're thinking about on the field, but let's not forget what's going on off the field as well.

I would say to the 10 nominees, at least the Big 12 nominees, double down on the work you're doing off the field as well. Of course, your coaches are going to push you. Your teammates are going to push you. You're going to push yourself on the field. I would challenge each one of those 10 players

from the Big 12 who were nominated for the Allstate AFCA Good Works team to double down off the field

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