After a much needed hiatus of avoiding all things sports I feel better. After 8 months of football and basketball games you just get tired.

Over the next couple of months I’m going to interview former Tigers for my blog. The first “A Six Pack with…” interview is with Rusty Clayton. Clayton spent four seasons as the Tigers long snapper. I decided on interviewing Rusty first because of his academic accomplishments more than his football accomplishments. Rusty is going to graduate with his Masters of Arts in Criminal Justice tomorrow morning at FedEx Forum. This after already getting his BA in both history and psychology. He’s been honored on multiple occasions:

–2002 Rex Dockery Scholarship winner
–2006 All-CUSA (first time a long snapper was ever voted on)
–2006 ARA Sportsmanship Award
–3-time CoSIDA Academic All-District IV honoree (first-team in 2004 & 2006; second-team in 2005)
–2006 C-USA All-Academic team

Rusty and his mother, Sandi, still attend all the Tigers football games. He’s hoping moving into the work force won’t prevent this from continuing. During a game last year Rusty could be seen sporting a kilt and his “Braveheart” Tigers face paint. And even his car shows his spirit as his Mississippi license plate is his number 98.

Here’s the six questions with Rusty Clayton.
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