When JJ Sparkman was 14, Jeff Traylor provided the initial push to pursue football over basketball, setting him on a path to eventually join the Roadrunners.
When JJ Sparkman was 14, he thought his athletic future was on the basketball court, until an assistant with the Texas Longhorns offered a suggestion. Jeff Traylor was still early in his time as a college coach when a friend on the staff at Longview Pine Tree asked him for the favor. Seeing how the eighth-grade Sparkman could high-point a basketball, Traylor pitched him on a potential path to a college scholarship at wide receiver.
Versatile receiver David Amador striding forward in second year at UTSA When Sparkman developed into a college prospect, Traylor returned, this time as an assistant at Arkansas with Sparkman’s first scholarship offer. And when Sparkman entered the transfer portal in December following four years at Texas Tech, Traylor was again one of his first calls.
JJ Sparkman among standout newcomers as UTSA holds annual spring game “The bonds and stuff that I made there are real,” Sparkman said. “Some of those guys are my brothers. Some of those guys will be in my wedding one day. So, I really cherish my time at Tech. But I’m here now, so it’s a new family. Building new bonds with some of these guys. Some of these guys might be in my wedding someday. It’s been real good here.
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