{"id":42692,"date":"2017-08-23T12:02:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T12:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=42692"},"modified":"2017-08-23T12:02:57","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T12:02:57","slug":"unrecruited-university-texas-football-player-receives-magical-scholarship-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/lifestyle\/unrecruited-university-texas-football-player-receives-magical-scholarship-surprise.html","title":{"rendered":"Unrecruited University of Texas football player receives magical scholarship surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Unrecruited University of Texas football player receives magical scholarship surprise<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Unrecruited University of Texas football player receives magical scholarship surprise:-Coaches for the University of Texas football team brought in a magician to boost morale but one player was shocked to see what the man pulled out of his magic hat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Unrecruited senior offensive lineman Garrett Graf was in the spotlight as the magician\u2019s assistant, unaware that it was part of a planned surprise, when the man pulled a card from a top hat with a special message.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">&#8220;On behalf of the UT football program,&#8221; the magician read last Wednesday night, &#8220;I\u2019m pleased to inform you that you are now on a full academic scholarship.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">University of Minnesota kicker gets surprise scholarship for his service<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">East Boston High School student athlete surprised with full college scholarship<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">The entire room roared with applause and Graf immediately became overcome with emotion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of guys here that deserve this just as much if not more than I do,&#8221; Graf said, choking up. &#8220;I promise you guys I won&#8217;t let you down and I appreciate this more than you can possibly imagine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">\u201cThis has been a childhood dream of mine just to be here,&#8221; 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