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Originally Posted by Ruhskins
From JP Findlay:
@JPFinlayNBCS
One name to keep in mind to replace Ben Kotwica as #Redskins special teams coach - Larry Izzo. Won Super Bowls w the Pats as a player, was STC w Texans for 2 seasons, asst STC in Seattle now. 3x Pro Bowl special teamer.
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It was early spring of 2005 and I was deployed to Afghanistan. Kabul to be precise. In Bagram AFB they were having the ribbon cutting ceremony on the Pat Tillman USO center. I hopped a convoy to Bagram and was in the 3rd or 4th row out from the stage.
Attending the ceremony were a few NFL players. Most notably, Warrick Dunn and....yup....Larry Izzo.
Near the end of the ceremony, Dunn and Izzo started tossing mini footballs to the troops. I felt something hit my kevlar vest near my left shoulder and for half a second I thought someone had taken a shot at me. Looked down next to my boot and there was a Super Bowl ring. Izzos ring slipped off while tossing the footballs and it had hit me. I took a picture of it on my right hand ring finger and walked it back to him. He signed a mini-football right there and gave it to me. Still have it with all my other military memorabilia.
Highlight of that deployment.