TOB brings New Traditions

Bringing a tradition he observed while coaching with George Welsh at Virginia, new Wolfpack coach Tom O'Brien took in the fruits of several months of planning by the football administration Friday.

More than 300 former Wolfpack football players – from Woody Jones (Class of 1941) to Tank Tyler and A.J. Davis (Class of 2006) – accepted the new head coach’s invitation to gather at the Dail Practice facility adjacent to Carter-Finley Stadium, something O’Brien hopes will become an annual spring tradition. Most of them joined O’Brien and his staff at a reception afterwards in Vaughn Towers Friday evening.

There were at least a dozen current or former NFL players roaming around during practice and at the spring game, including current stars Mario Williams, Torry Holt, Jerricho Cotchery and Pat Thomas. There were others whose professional careers are now over like Washington and Danny Peebles. And there was at least one, defensive lineman Tyler, who might soon join the professional ranks when the NFL Draft takes place two weeks from now.

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