“Challenges are essential to your personal growth as a person; so do not shy away from any challenge,”

, is a cornerback for the Carolina Panthers . He’ll travel with the team, although he’s on injured reserve as he recovers from a leg fracture. It’s still a dream come true. What advice does he have for students?

There will be plenty more Super Bowl events right here in downtown San Jose. Super Bowl Opening Night is Feb. 1 at the SAP Center. Every major sports network in the nation will be there. So willandrepresenting the SJSU School of Journalism and Mass Communications.In addition, you’ll see SJSU students seated near the NFL Network set, thanks to a special connection with NFL Marketing Manager

career as an executive with the San Francisco 49ers and the Denver Broncos.

career as an executive with the San Francisco 49ers and the Denver Broncos.

Many Spartans have Super Bowl rings, but only one has seven of them , earned his rings during a

The Spartans-Broncos connection runs deep. The late Jack Elway, father of Broncos General Manager John Elway, served as Spartan football head coach from 1979 to 1983. The late Jana Elway-Sever, ’83 Kinesiology/Physical Education and John’s twin sister, played on SJSU’s tennis team for two years. Janet Elway, John’s mother, worked at SJSU’s Department of Industrial Technology. Back then, John Elway was the quarterback at Stanford, where this son of an SJSU coach was on the road to becoming one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. “

The San Jose State-Stanford football games were magical: Stanford won in 1979 and 1980; San Jose State won in 1981 and 1982.

The 1980, 1981 and 1982 games each drew more than 60,000 fans to Stanford Stadium

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