Marques Watson-Trent - Georgia Southern linebacker on keeping football in its proper place and playing free in Christ

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🗓️ 17 May 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Marques Watson-Trent is a college football linebacker w/ Georgia Southern. In 2023, he was an All-Sun Belt Conference first team and All-American Honorable Mention (Phil Steele). He started all 13 games last season and led the team in tackles with 122 and also contributed 3.5 sacks and 2 interceptions. Today on the podcast, Marques Watson-Trent shares about the importance of placing football in its proper place, using his platform the right way and what it means to play free. Sign up for our Sports Spectrum Magazine and receive 15% off a 1-year subscription by using the code PODCAST15 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://SportsSpectrum.com/magazine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Do you know Christ personally? Click ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn how you can commit your life to Him.

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0:00.0	What's up, guys, today on Sports Spectrum, Marquez Watson, Trent, Georgia Southern
0:05.6	linebacker, 2003 All-American Honorable Mention, and 2023 All-Sunbelt Conference first team.
0:14.9	The guy has started at linebacker and been a captain for Georgia Southern now.
0:19.1	This past season, last year in 2023, he started all 13 games, led the team in
0:24.1	tackles, had three and a half sacks, and two interceptions, including a pick six,
0:29.1	and led the team to the Myrtle Beach Bowl.
0:31.6	He started 11 of 13 games in 2022 as well.
0:34.9	A dynamite young man who has his, I'd say this, he has his priorities and his
0:41.6	identity rooted in its proper place. In fact, he does something at the end of this podcast that
0:48.5	very few, if anybody over seven years has ever done in closing out an interviewer or a conversation.
0:56.4	He wanted to pray, why don't we have more guys do that?
1:00.3	Why don't I do that?
1:01.6	It was just awesome to have Marquez Watson, Trent, from Georgia Southern here on the show today.
1:06.9	It's coming up in just a moment.
1:08.5	First, I want to tell you about our friends at Compassion International, and they are doing an amazing campaign right now called the Fight for First. The first
1:17.6	12 months of life are everything for a child, and too many babies born into poverty won't even
1:23.9	survive. And pro athletes know how to fight for first downs, right? For first base,
1:29.5	to be on first string or to be in first place. Now they're joining Compassion International
1:34.7	in the fight for children in extreme poverty to survive and reach their first smile,
1:41.6	their first steps, and their most important first birthday.
1:46.6	You can learn more about the fight for first and how you can join pro athletes to give
1:50.5	mothers and babies a fighting chance to survive and thrive by going to thefightforfirst.com,
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