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per the Daily:
For sophomore right guard Connor Mayes, coming to Minnesota was all about brotherly love.
After his older brother Alex Mayes committed to play for the Gophers in 2012, Connor Mayes said he knew where he was headed for school.
“The big reason I came here was because I wanted to play football with my brother,” Connor Mayes said. “That’s always been our dream since we were little: to play college football together.”
Football and family go hand in hand for the Mayes, who boast three generations of college football players.
Connor Mayes’ father and grandfather both played college football, and Mayes has now come into his own as the Gophers starting right guard.
While Connor and Alex Mayes haven’t played alongside each other this year, they grew up blocking together.
The two were both varsity starters all four years of high school in Van Alstyne, Texas, and got to play on the same offensive line together for three years.
“It was something pretty special and something that probably won’t be done around here for a while,” Van Alstyne high school football head coach Mikeal Miller said. “To have two Division I players, for both of them to be lineman and brothers, they definitely left a legacy in this whole area.”
http://www.mndaily.com/sports/football/2015/10/21/football-family-affair-connor-mayes
Go Gophers!!
For sophomore right guard Connor Mayes, coming to Minnesota was all about brotherly love.
After his older brother Alex Mayes committed to play for the Gophers in 2012, Connor Mayes said he knew where he was headed for school.
“The big reason I came here was because I wanted to play football with my brother,” Connor Mayes said. “That’s always been our dream since we were little: to play college football together.”
Football and family go hand in hand for the Mayes, who boast three generations of college football players.
Connor Mayes’ father and grandfather both played college football, and Mayes has now come into his own as the Gophers starting right guard.
While Connor and Alex Mayes haven’t played alongside each other this year, they grew up blocking together.
The two were both varsity starters all four years of high school in Van Alstyne, Texas, and got to play on the same offensive line together for three years.
“It was something pretty special and something that probably won’t be done around here for a while,” Van Alstyne high school football head coach Mikeal Miller said. “To have two Division I players, for both of them to be lineman and brothers, they definitely left a legacy in this whole area.”
http://www.mndaily.com/sports/football/2015/10/21/football-family-affair-connor-mayes
Go Gophers!!