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In Search of Cowboy Crockett
Former McLean Tigers star Ben Crockett became a Texas Panhandle legend, then walked away from a college football career for ranch bronc riding - and family.
Ben Crockett got the best birthday present a man could ask for two weeks ago with the birth of his first child, Katie Jo. He’s earned a lot of cool titles in his now 23 years of life - how does ‘record-setting high school football player who became a WRCA World Championship qualifying Ranch Bronc rider’ sound for a resume? But they pale in comparison to becoming a father.
The running joke in Ben’s hometown of McLean is that Baby Crockett will be an Olympian. Ben’s wife, high school sweetheart Rylee, was a track star at West Texas A&M. Ben Crockett was the best football player McLean has ever and potentially will ever see.
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