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We now take you to Starkville, Mississippi

AlferdJasper

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I'm a pushover for feel-good stories. This is one. Small town good kid & good player gets rewarded.

http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo...-walk-on-scholarship-dan-mullen-cfb-am-081814

CFB AM: Dan Mullen gives 'walk-on MVP' scholarship in cool moment

DeAndre Ward arrived in Starkville from Wetumpka, a sliver carved out near the center of Alabama, which provided a home for less than 7,000 people the last time the U.S. census calculated populations four years ago.


He played linebacker and ran track, winning a team captain award and a scholar athlete award and a most valuable defensive player award. He attended a Baptist church, where he served as an usher and sang in the youth choir.


Ward’s Twitter bio reads , “Chasing my dreams & I’m only yards away!!!”


On Sunday, Ward got a little bit closer.


After spending his freshman season in 2013 as a walk-on at Mississippi State, head coach Dan Mullen decided Ward had earned a scholarship. So in a team meeting, he called the linebacker to the front of the room and said, “We’ve got something for you tonight – open that up,” handing him a white envelope with a single sheet of white paper inside.


When Ward opened the paper, the same message flashed on the projector in the meeting room: “You are now on scholarship.” Everyone erupted, and Ward took this great photo of him holding the note with Mullen smiling in the background:
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