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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) Texas A&M quarterback Jerrod Johnson can't remember a time in his life without football or the Aggies.

Growing up in a Houston suburb, Johnson always found maroon-and-white coffee mugs in the cabinets, Aggies jerseys around the house, ornaments with A&M logos on the Christmas tree.

His late father, Larry, played receiver and defensive back for A&M in the late 1970s, a decade before Jerrod was born. Larry later worked as an offensive coordinator at Humble High School and by the time Jerrod reached second grade, his football education had started. (MORE)