Unheralded: How JACQUIZZ RODGERS led the 2007 LAMAR CONSOLIDATED MUSTANGS to an improbable TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

In 2006 the Lamar Consolidated Mustang football team was considered the favorite to win the Division I Class 4A state title in Texas. After being upset in their semi-final matchup, graduation too a heavy toll on the team. 2007 was considered by most pundits to be a rebuilding years. But once Head Coach Lydell Wilson started to put the pieces back together, he realized the '07 squad was his one legitimated shot to catch lightening in a bottle. Led by star running back Jacquizz Rodgers and team leader Sule Osagiede, the unheralded boys from Richmond, Texas carried a tremendous chip on their shoulders all season as they continuously heard how they were not good enough to do what an obviously more talented 2006 squad could not - win a state championship.