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Five years later, Jordan Whittington returns to AT&T Stadium
Ahead of Saturday's Big 12 Championship Game, a review of Jordan Whittington's journey from Cuero Gobblers legend to Texas Longhorns' most respected player, and all the lives he's touched in between.
All season, TV commentators, Steve Sarkisian and even Jordan Whittington himself informed us that the wide receiver returned for his fifth year of college football for the chance to play in Saturday's Big 12 Championship Game. That's the partial truth.
Whittington revealed the whole truth in a Players' Tribune article published on the day of the 2023 NFL Draft. Whittington did return to Texas to compete for a championship. He also returned because he feared the NFL wouldn't accept him.
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