1 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 1: Welcome to the next episode of a Cowboy Life, the 2 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: storytelling podcast presented by Smoothie King. Blending goodness to fuel 3 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 1: your greatness. I'm Brady Tinker. You know, sometimes when I 4 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,080 Speaker 1: ask a Cowboys player for a story, I get hit 5 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 1: with a lightning bowl that touches me immediately. It's happened 6 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: several times, and each time it lights up my heart 7 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: and makes me very happy that I'm doing this little 8 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:33,599 Speaker 1: podcast to Cowboy Life. Today's story is about defensive end 9 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: Dorrance Armstrong. You know Durrance number ninety two in your program. 10 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 1: Dawrance was a guy that I was rooting for from 11 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:42,520 Speaker 1: his beginnings with the Cowboys. I'm a guy that's from Kansas, 12 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: as you probably know. When Dawrance went to the University 13 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: of Kansas for his college football experience, he loved Lawrence. 14 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: But let's be fair, the Jayhawks won exactly three games 15 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: in his three years while he was there. Yikes. How 16 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: much must a young man love football to stand out 17 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: on a team that struggles to win even a single 18 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: game year. Durance gave up his senior year of eligibility 19 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,559 Speaker 1: at Kansas to enter the NFL draft, and low and behold, 20 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: the Cowboys who had him rated as a third round pick, 21 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: were able to select him in round four of the 22 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 1: two eighteen NFL Draft. And by the way, what a 23 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: job Will McClay was already doing. Vander Esh Connor Williams, 24 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: Michael Gallup, Daurrance Armstrong, and Cedric Wilson. That's a pretty 25 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: salty group right there that played a lot for the Cowboys. 26 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:25,759 Speaker 1: Asked for this story being a lightning bolt that will 27 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: hit you in the heart like it did me. Well. 28 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: When I first met Daurrance in two eighteen, he was 29 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: barely twenty one and in the locker room of the 30 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: most famous football team in the world, and it was 31 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: overwhelming to him. He wasn't happy, he wasn't comfortable, and 32 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: he wasn't playing, and he wasn't necessarily fitting in with 33 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: his teammates. At the end of his rookie season, he 34 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: went home to see his mom and his little brother, 35 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: a brother that to this point in his life had 36 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: mostly been a pain in his ass. I hope you 37 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: enjoyed this version of a cowboy life the podcast and 38 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: a very nice story that will warm your heart. From 39 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: number ninety two ensive end, Drance Armstrong, I was on 40 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: the tolf of nine years. Dorance Armstrong is six feet 41 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 1: four inches tall and now weighs nearly two hundred and 42 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 1: seventy pounds. He was born in Houston, Texas, and played 43 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,239 Speaker 1: high school sports in clover Leaf, Texas. In his short 44 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: life of twenty four years, he has known what it 45 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: is to be poor and to face true adversity. He 46 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: is proud of his mom and his big extended family, 47 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: and they all pitch in to help each other. But 48 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: until his ninth year on this earth, he was happily 49 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: an only child, and he had never given any thought 50 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: to being a big brother. It wasn't rolled it. I 51 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: was wanting to take Laurance was nine, almost ten, and 52 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:47,959 Speaker 1: who wants to be responsible for anything at ten years old, 53 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: much less any one. He was close to his mom 54 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: and she doated on his every athletic move. And then 55 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: here comes a baby that might change all of that. 56 00:02:57,960 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: I remember her picking me up and she was sudding 57 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: that were going into a doctor's appointment. I didn't really 58 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: know how to react. I was kind of card for 59 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,359 Speaker 1: a long time. He was nine and I found out 60 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: I was frightening with cabub And of course he you know, 61 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,519 Speaker 1: he never spreads, how he felt that new voice is 62 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: Daurrance Armstrong's mom, Carol. Carol shared with me that she 63 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: always wanted two kids. One just didn't seem right. But 64 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: you don't have those conversations with a little boy. So DJ, 65 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: as she called Dawrance, was caught a bit off guard 66 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 1: to find out that he was going to be a 67 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 1: big brother. Did you ever warm up to that idea? Dude? 68 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: The ultrasound with where you see the baby? I saw that. 69 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: I got excited. A couple months later he's here, and 70 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: then he's here Carol's second son, and Dawrance's new baby 71 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: brother is Caleb Kane. So, Daurrance, did you jump right 72 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: in and help? Wasn't a lot of babysitting, and it 73 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: wasn't allowed to diaper chaining. Now ten years old and 74 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: not an only child anymore, I can't imagine that I 75 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: would have been that happy either. And Nope, diaper changing 76 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: in babysitting probably wouldn't have been something any of us 77 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: was volunteering to do. So fast forward just a little bit. 78 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 1: How did being nearly ten years older than your little 79 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:22,720 Speaker 1: brother work out? I'm doing sports, he's doing sports, he's 80 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 1: sting in the car. I'm sting in the car. In short, 81 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 1: Caleb is still too young to have fun with and 82 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,679 Speaker 1: he's getting in the way of those independent good times 83 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 1: that Drance has always had as an only child. I 84 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: get it. For a long time, all we could do 85 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:40,359 Speaker 1: was goss I play basketball and football kids, or video games. 86 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: I'm making him cry. He's crying because he's losing. Older 87 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: brothers make younger brothers cry. I'm pretty sure it's their job. 88 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,039 Speaker 1: I think did it get any better as you got older? 89 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: When I was at home, he wants to be around 90 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 1: me when you couldn't really do the same thing, Like 91 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: I want to go on my friends. He wanted to 92 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: come and he can't go right. So that started to 93 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: make us bump heads a lot. Yep, the younger babling 94 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: always wants the same privileges as the older one, and 95 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: that desire to be friends with your friends is just annoying. 96 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:10,280 Speaker 1: At ATNC, everyone new and existing customers get our best 97 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 1: deals on every smartphone. Why, because you deserve it. 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The crease in 116 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,720 Speaker 1: his hat, the bend of his brim, and his unbending attitude. 117 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 1: A man. Stetson didn't just protect him from what life 118 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 1: throw at him. It projected a rugged, unstoppable spirit. Stetson 119 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 1: hats are still American made with pride. Right here in Texas, 120 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: there's still the unofficial crowd of all self respecting cowboys, 121 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: and Stetson is proud to be on the field with 122 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 1: America's team. Find a retailer nearest you at Stetson dot com, 123 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: slash Cowboys New Doctor Peppers zero sugar. You deserve it. 124 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 1: I do deserve that. You deserve decadent flavor without sugar, 125 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 1: and a day at the beach without sam getting everywhere, 126 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: and a relaxing bath that your children don't interrupt. I 127 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: deserve all that. It's it's a visual metaphor for doctor 128 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 1: Pepper zero sugar. Everything you want, nothing you don't, a 129 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: visual metaphor on the I do deserve that Doctor Pepper, 130 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: zero sugar, the zero you deserve is finally here. How 131 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 1: did things go at home with you? Your mom and 132 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 1: Caleb Ow? It was me and my mom and her 133 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: mom had had a house. My mom was raised up 134 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 1: in that house, and I was partially raised up in 135 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: the house. You bounced around a little bit in the 136 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 1: middle of a big, loving family. Some might think that 137 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 1: sounds a bit rootless, but others know there is nothing 138 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: like the love and support of a huge family makes 139 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: you feel great. Well, Mom moved off on our own, 140 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: but couldn't really maintain it. We were kind of going 141 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: back and forth between a house and apartment. You have 142 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 1: to give your mom credit for continuing to try and 143 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: make it on her own. She had drive and toughness 144 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: in always she wanted to give her boys everything that 145 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: they should have. But they were ten years apart. That's 146 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: tough on everyone. So were you and Caleb progressing in 147 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: your relationship as you graduated, say, from high school right 148 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: after I graduated, not even a week later, just for 149 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: three years. When Dawns graduated from high school, he was 150 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 1: eighteen and Caleb was eight, and not much progress had 151 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: been made between these two brothers. You have a lot 152 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: of aunts and uncles and a big family, right, I 153 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: have a huge family. They blow my phone up. So 154 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: Daurance felt the love from his extended family always, and 155 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,239 Speaker 1: I have good news. As he was heading to the NFL, 156 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: Dawrance finally began to really see his little brother Caleb. 157 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: He has an amazing personality because he's always joking. My 158 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: mom used to always say when she took me in 159 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,319 Speaker 1: the store, people would never know my name, But when 160 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: she took him the hole store, not his name, Caleb 161 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:42,840 Speaker 1: Kane DJ's little brother. Everybody knows Caleb. As Daurrance began 162 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: to embark on a big new chapter in his life 163 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 1: as a Dallas cowboy. Away from his family at home 164 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:50,199 Speaker 1: and away from the support of his teammates at Kansas, 165 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 1: he began to pay attention to his little brother and 166 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:54,959 Speaker 1: the difficulties that he was having as he headed into 167 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:59,479 Speaker 1: his teen years. What's Caleb like, Daurance? Okay, stole Bob basketball. 168 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 1: He's He's energetic. You wouldn't even know I'm there. My 169 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 1: whole life is always just pretty much been us three. 170 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: You know, I could see it when I talk to him. 171 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: Can you hear it? Dawrence's heart is beginning to make 172 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: a place for Caleb. Hey, when did you have this 173 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: sort of epiphany that you were actually really happy about 174 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: having a little brother that loves you and needs your help? 175 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 1: Offseason last year? Well, I'm picking him up, taking him 176 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: to school, going to eat after just embracing having a 177 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,439 Speaker 1: little brother. Caleb Halving Matt love and he's always my brother, 178 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: and he's his spokesperson. Sounds like this love is going 179 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 1: both ways. I want to use what the pros use. 180 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: How about the official men's skincare brand of the Dallas Cowboys, 181 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 1: Jack Black. 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Hi, I'm Clint Tillison with man, I'm Jay 199 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: Novachek and we're both with Turf, the official tractor provider 200 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 1: of the Dallas Cowboys. So if you need a tractor 201 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 1: to bail some hay, I'm more to cut some grass 202 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: or a gator to get some chores done, get a 203 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 1: John Deer at unitedag in Turf and then let's get 204 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 1: to work. Hey Jay, that's my line, well not today. 205 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 1: Get to work with a John Deer tractor package that's 206 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 1: just right for you in your budget. Visit Unitedaging dot com. 207 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: Before there was a draft, you could size up a 208 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,560 Speaker 1: cowboy by three simple factors. Decrease in his hat, the 209 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 1: bend of his brim, and his unbending attitude a man. 210 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: Stetson didn't just protect him from what life through at him, 211 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 1: it projected a rugged, unstoppable spirit. Stetson hats are still American, 212 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 1: made with pride right here in Texas. There's still the 213 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: unofficial crown of all self respecting cowboys, and Stetson is 214 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 1: proud to be on the field with America's team. Find 215 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 1: a retailer nearest to you at Stetson dot com slash Cowboys. 216 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 1: I'm trying to be like him. My brother. Words are 217 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: he did does every day for me and that I 218 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 1: need him to do. Yeah, I appreciate him. As you 219 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 1: might have guessed, that voice is Durance's younger brother, Caleb Kane. 220 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 1: He's gone from little and annoying to be in Daurance's 221 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 1: biggest fan. Caleb is that kid that can't wait to 222 00:11:48,520 --> 00:12:01,079 Speaker 1: get help and guidance from his own Dallas cowboy. I'm 223 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 1: really proud of him for being able to open up 224 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 1: and talk to from that he's never shared with anybody. 225 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 1: Caleb is his biggest fan and he needs his brother. 226 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: Carol is his second biggest fan, and she is thrilled 227 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 1: that her professional football playing son is finally opening up 228 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 1: about his love for his younger brother. He calls me 229 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: a lot and sometimes I don't answer the phone just 230 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,680 Speaker 1: because I'm sorry. He thinks I just don't want to 231 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 1: want to want to talk to him. This is like, man, 232 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 1: I'm not even a work yet, or I'm just not 233 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:33,080 Speaker 1: getting home, Like, give me a second one. We'll We'll 234 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: always either fine time later on in a week to 235 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,320 Speaker 1: care back up. We talked every week. Caleb continues to 236 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 1: grow up to understand that his big brother Lawrence has 237 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: a job. He's an NFL football player with more responsibility 238 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 1: on his shoulders than he's ever had. But then Caleb 239 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: will always be able to relax and know the number 240 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 1: ninety two of the Cowboys. He's a big guy, has 241 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:56,839 Speaker 1: his back. Hey, Mom, it was hard for you. I'm 242 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 1: going to help you out with Caleb. I'm gonna make 243 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:01,840 Speaker 1: sure Caleb does with you supposed to do, and we're 244 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 1: together as we should be. I told you this story 245 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: was cool. Laurance has just turned twenty four, and he's 246 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: still a kid. You know, I look at these guys 247 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 1: day in and day out, and I forget, as a 248 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: mid fifties man myself, that these are kids playing football 249 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: for the Dallas Cowboys, and he's learning this game, and 250 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,200 Speaker 1: they're learning how to be men and brothers and sons 251 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 1: and providers and Pro Bowlers and hopefully one day Super 252 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 1: Bowl champs. He likes to brag on me a lot. 253 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: I'm trying to be like him following It's like almost 254 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 1: having a son. Laurance Armstrong has found love and peace 255 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:39,200 Speaker 1: in this world of football. He has embraced being a 256 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 1: mentor and an older brother. He has learned to be 257 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: a very good NFL football player and teammate, and he 258 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 1: has stepped up for his family especially his mom Carol. 259 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 1: And by the way, he paid off his mom's car 260 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:52,319 Speaker 1: that she used to get her boys back and forth 261 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 1: to a litany of sporting events through the years. And 262 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 1: I don't know about you, but I'm proud to have 263 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 1: watched the development of number ninety two on the football 264 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: field as a brother, as a man, and as a son. 265 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:06,079 Speaker 1: Dorn's Armstrong as a cowboy well, this year he had 266 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,199 Speaker 1: thirty seven tackles, five sacks, two fumble recoveries, and a 267 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 1: thirty nine yard what do they call it, scoop and 268 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: score for a touchdown. Dorin's Armstrong has truly begun to 269 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 1: live his cowboy life.