Before TCU takes the field against #1 ranked Georgia on Monday, January 9, we decided to see which San Antonio players you can recognize in the national championship. Here’s who we found.
TCU Horned Frogs safety Millard Bradford (#28) runs onto the field after intercepting a pass during a college football game between the Iowa State Cyclones and the TCU Horned Frogs on November 26, 2022 at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Matthew Wisinski/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Icon Sportswire / Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesMillard Braford
A three-star recruit who attended Fork Union Military Academy and graduated from O’Connor High School, Senior Security Specialist Millard Bradford moved to TCU in 2019. In four seasons with the Horned Frogs, he recorded 170 tackles, 10 passes defended, one sack, one forced fumble, two interceptions, and one return touchdown with an interception.
TCU Horned Frogs center Brannon Brown (75) on the sidelines of the first quarter of the Big 12 game between the TCU Horned Frogs and the Kansas Jayhawks on November 28, 2020 at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas. (Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Icon Sportswire / Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesBrannon Brown
Junior offensive lineman Brannon Brown appeared in 10 games for the Horned Frogs this season, including a CFP semi-final victory over second-ranked Michigan. According to his biography, Brown was a three-star recruit from O’Connor High School and enrolled at TCU at Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Houston, and SMU.
Curtis Raymond III
Senior tight end Curtis Raymond moved to TCU this season and has played eight games after three years at Cornell. Injuries and the COVID-19 pandemic only kept Raymond in one season at Cornell, recording 27 catches for 515 yards and four touchdowns. Raymond was a district receiver twice at Dripping Springs High School.
Reagan’s Stateton Ankrom runs unscathed to the finals on the 46-yard trap during the first half of their District 28-6A high school football game with Clark at Heroes Stadium on Saturday, October 10, 2020.
Marvin Pfeiffer, San Antonio Express-News / Staff PhotographerStaton Ankrom
Freshman wide receiver Staton Ankrom originally enrolled at the University of the Incarnate Word from Reagan High School, but appears to have moved to TCU this season. He didn’t record any statistics with the Horned Frogs.
Georgia Bulldogs PC Jared Zirkel (99) warms up before the Alabama Crimson Tide against the Georgia Bulldogs in the college football national championship playoffs, January 10, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Icon Sportswire / Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesJared Zirkel
Crossing the field to Georgia, you’ll find nine Lone Star players on the Bulldogs’ roster. This includes the seat of kicker Jared Zirkel from Kerrville Teevee High School. Zirkel was the fifth player in the country after graduating from high school. Redshirted sophomore Zirkel is 1-for-1 on field goals this season.
TCU (13-1) and Georgia (14-0) will face off on Monday at 6:30 pm at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
