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Glen Powell is showing his love for his alma mater — and the underdog!
The Chad Powers actor added some star power to a recent University of Texas football team meeting when he surprised a walk-on player with a full scholarship.
“What’s up Longhorns? It’s Glen Powell, fellow Texas alum,” the Twisters star, 36, said in a video shown to players and staff. “I have newfound respect for what it takes to join a football team. It takes grit. It takes grind. And most importantly, it takes heart. Marshall, your hard work has not gone unnoticed. That’s why Texas is giving you a scholarship.”
The camera in the room then panned to Marshall Landwehr, a fifth-year senior linebacker from Dallas, who slowly smiled and then was swarmed by his cheering teammates.
Later, Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian offered a few words to celebrate Landwehr’s accomplishment.
“When we talk about everybody in this room has a role in the organization, this is the epitome of that, dude,” Sarkisian said. “I couldn’t be more fired up for you man. Congratulations!”
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Landwehr, who went to Highland Park High School — the same school that world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler and Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford attended — then threw it back to his own teammates.
“Y’all are part of the biggest reason why I show up every day,” Landwehr said. “Been doing this for five years, It doesn’t get old, keep working. This is the dream, man.”
The No. 1 ranked school in preseason polls, Texas is on the cusp of an exciting season, with the debut of Arch Manning as quarterback.
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Powell, an Austin native, attended UT Austin’s Moody College of Communication; he left the school at age 19 to pursue his acting career.
Powell is set to make his own mark on the football field next month. His Hulu comedy Chad Powers — inspired by the viral sketch in which Arch’s uncle Eli Manning impersonated a walk-on at Penn State — premieres Sept. 30.
