From 'Texas Is Back' to Giving Back: Tyrone Swoopes' Second Calling

Lindale High School quarterback David Lindig is a die-hard Texas Longhorns fan. His father graduated from the university and passed on his love of the burnt orange to David and his brothers. Some of David’s fondest childhood memories are in Darrell K. Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, screaming, ‘Texas Fight!’ 

So when Lindale hired former Texas quarterback Tyrone Swoopes last summer as a tight ends coach, the coaches expected David to recognize him instantly. Swoopes is 31 years old now, but he still looks like he could throw a jersey on. Except when David first introduced himself, his voice was polite but not awestruck. The lightbulb hadn’t gone off. It’s hard to believe a kid in the Class of 2027, like David, was seven or eight years old during Swoopes’s senior year at Texas in 2016.