08.06.2009 2:33 pm
MU names football captains
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
This year’s football captains, announced today: WR Danario Alexander, DL Jaron Baston, OL, Kurtis Gregory, LB, Sean Weatherspoon. All are seniors.
Also, freshman LB Zavier Gooden will be the first to wear No. 25 as part of a new tribute to Aaron O’Neal.
Last season, a different player each week wore O’Neal’s No. 25 in what would have been his senior season.
Now, the team identifies a freshman LB and gives him No. 25.
Gooden, a redshirt, wore No. 40 last season but will be 25 the rest of his career before the jersey is passed on again.
I’m REALLY glad this is being done. I always thought that it would be nice to have the defense vote yearly on who should wear 25 for the year, but this is a nice tribute as well. I’m glad they found a way to maintain the significance of A.O.’s number.