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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Cuero High School football star Jordan Whittington |
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closed his senior season in triumphant fashion when he helped the |
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Gobblers football team win its first state championship in over |
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three decades; and |
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WHEREAS, A dominant force on both sides of the ball, |
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Mr. Whittington was named both the Offensive and Defensive Most |
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Valuable Player in the 4A Division 2 state title game after running |
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for a record-breaking 334 yards and accounting for a team-high 11 |
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tackles; during the course of the 2018 season, he rushed for 846 |
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yards and 14 touchdowns, caught 49 passes for 948 yards and 13 |
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touchdowns, and racked up 86 tackles; his accomplishments are all |
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the more impressive given that he missed the first four games of the |
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year due to injury; and |
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WHEREAS, In recognition of his outstanding play, |
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Mr. Whittington was named the 2018 4A Built Ford Tough Texas High |
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School Player of the Year and was selected as a First Team |
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All-American by MaxPreps; he will continue his gridiron career in |
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2019 as a member of the Longhorns football team at The University of |
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Texas at Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, Jordan Whittington has pursued his goals with |
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remarkable drive and an enduring commitment to excellence, and he |
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may take great pride in all that he has achieved as he looks ahead to |
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a college career bright with promise; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Jordan Whittington on his |
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outstanding accomplishments as a member of the Cuero High School |
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football team and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued |
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success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Whittington as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |