BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION \u2013\u00a0The NFL Playoffs begin Saturday and Texas A&M football has 12 former student-athletes in the hunt for the coveted Vince Lombardi Trophy.
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\nHelping their respective teams into the NFL postseason were defensive lineman Bobby Brown III, defensive back Demani Richardson and outside linebacker Nic Scourton of the Carolina Panthers, wide receiver Jahdae Walker of the Chicago Bears, linebacker Edgerrin Cooper of the Green Bay Packers, wide receiver Christian Kirk of the Houston Texans, defensive back Antonio Johnson Jr. of the Jacksonville Jaguars, punter Braden Mann of the Philadelphia Eagles and offensive lineman Ryan McCollum of the Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n
Three Aggie lettermen are also on NFL coaching staffs in the playoffs including Dennis Allen of the Chicago Bears (defensive coordinator), Jerrod Johnson of the Houston Texans (quarterbacks coach) and Johnny Holland of the San Francisco 49ers (linebackers coach). Additionally, Klint Kubiak, who earned his master’s degree at Texas A&M after finishing his playing career at Colorado State, is the offensive coordinator for the playoff-bound Seattle Seahawks.
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\nOn the NFC side of the postseason bracket, the trio of Brown III, Richardson and Scourton take the field Saturday when the Panthers (8-9) host the Los Angeles Rams (12-5) at Bank of America Stadium at 3:30 p.m. (4:30 p.m. ET) on Fox. Carolina earned the right to host as the NFC South Champions.
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\nFormer teammates Walker and Cooper face off when the NFC North Champion Bears (11-6) host the Packers (9-7-1) at Soldier Field on Saturday at 7 p.m. (8 p.m. ET) on Prime Video. The conference rivals split a pair of meetings with both teams emerging victorious on their home field during the regular season.
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\nMann and the defending Super Bowl Champion Eagles (11-6) host the 49ers (12-5) at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. (4:30 p.m. ET) on Fox. The Eagles earned the right to host as the NFC East Champions.
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\nIn the AFC bracket, Johnson Jr. and the Jaguars (13-4) host the Buffalo Bills at Everbank Stadium on Sunday at 12 noon (1 p.m. ET) on CBS. The Jags are hosting after claiming the AFC South.
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\nAnother pair of former teammates reunite on the field when McCollum’s AFC North Champion Steelers host Kirk’s Texans at Acrisure Stadium on Monday at 7:15 p.m. (8:15 p.m. ET) on ESPN\/ABC.
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\nAggies in the NFL Playoffs
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\n\t\t\tJersey #
\n\t\t\tPlayers (Lettered at Texas A&M)
\n\t\t\tPosition
\n\t\t\tNFL Team
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\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t#97
\n\t\t\tBobby Brown III (2018, 19, 20)
\n\t\t\tDL
\n\t\t\tCarolina Panthers
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\n\t\t\t#56
\n\t\t\tEdgerrin Cooper (2020, 21, 22, 23)
\n\t\t\tLB
\n\t\t\tGreen Bay Packers
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\n\t\t\t#26
\n\t\t\tAntonio Johnson Jr. (2020, 21, 22)
\n\t\t\tDB
\n\t\t\tJacksonville Jaguars
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\n\t\t\t#13
\n\t\t\tChristian Kirk (2015, 16, 17)
\n\t\t\tWR
\n\t\t\tHouston Texans
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\n\t\t\t#10
\n\t\t\tBraden Mann (2016, 17, 18, 19)
\n\t\t\tP
\n\t\t\tPhiladelphia Eagles
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\n\t\t\t#62
\n\t\t\tRyan McCollum (2017, 18, 19, 20)
\n\t\t\tOL
\n\t\t\tPittsburgh Steelers
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\n\t\t\t#36
\n\t\t\tDemani Richardson (2019, 20, 21, 22, 23)
\n\t\t\tDB
\n\t\t\tCarolina Panthers
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\n\t\t\t#11
\n\t\t\tNic Scourton (2024)
\n\t\t\tOLB
\n\t\t\tCarolina Panthers
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\n\t\t\t#20
\n\t\t\tJahdae Walker (2023, 24)
\n\t\t\tWR
\n\t\t\tChicago Bears
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Aggies on NFL Coaching Staffs in the NFL Playoffs:
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\n\t\t\tCoaches (Years at Texas A&M)
\n\t\t\tNFL Team (Title)
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\n\t\t\tDennis Allen (1992, 93, 94, 95)
\n\t\t\tChicago Bears (Defensive Coordinator)
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\n\t\t\tJohnny Holland (1983, 84, 85, 86)
\n\t\t\tSan Francisco 49ers (Linebackers)
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\n\t\t\tJerrod Johnson (2007, 08, 09, 10)
\n\t\t\tHouston Texans (Quarterbacks)
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\n\t\t\tKlint Kubiak* (2010, 11, 12)
\n\t\t\tSeattle Seahawks (Offensive Coordinator)
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*Served as the offensive quality control coach for two years (2010-11) before becoming a graduate assistant working with the inside wide receivers for one season (2012)<\/p>\n
NFL playoff schedule
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\nWild-card weekend (all times CT)
\nNFC
\n\u2014 No. 7 Green Bay Packers (9-6-1) at No. 2 Chicago Bears (11-6), Saturday, 7 p.m. (Prime Video)
\n\u2014 No. 6 San Francisco 49ers (12-5) at No. 3 Philadelphia Eagles (11-6), Sunday, 3:30 p.m. (Fox)
\n\u2014 No. 5 Los Angeles Rams (12-5) at No. 4 Carolina Panthers (8-9), Saturday, 3:30 p.m. (Fox)
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\nAFC
\n\u2014 No. 7 Los Angeles Chargers (11-6) at No. 2 New England Patriots (14-3), Sunday, 7 p.m. (NBC\/Peacock)
\n\u2014 No. 6 Buffalo Bills (12-5) at No. 3 Jacksonville Jaguars (13-4), Sunday, 12:00 p.m. (CBS)
\n\u2014 No. 5 Houston Texans (12-5) at No. 4 Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7), Monday, 7:15 p.m. (ESPN\/ABC)
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\nThe No. 1 seeds are the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC and Denver Broncos in the AFC. They both have a bye week before playing in the divisional round.
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\nDivisional round: Jan. 17-18
\nAFC and NFC championships: Jan. 25
\nSuper Bowl LX: Feb. 8 (Levi’s Stadium — Santa Clara, California)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION \u2013\u00a0The NFL Playoffs begin Saturday and Texas A&M football has 12 former student-athletes in the hunt…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-402873","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}