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“That's just the symbol of the 12th Man,” said head drum major Will Toronjo. “If the coaching staff were to call down someone to play for the Aggie team, we're all, in spirit, ready to do that.”

Jackie Sherrill made that call during his tenure as A&M's head football coach.

After seeing the school's spirit in his first season, Sherrill held tryouts for the inaugural 12th Man Kickoff Team in time for the 1983 season.

Those passionate students in the stands now had a direct link to the field.

“They represented us. They were us,” said Charean Williams, an Aggie student at the time who is now an A&M Distinguished Alumnus and in the NFL Hall of Fame as a journalist.

“They were coming down from the stands to help A&M win a football game.”

No football stadium has since had a stronger fan-player connection than Kyle Field.

David Coolidge was a part of three consecutive Southwest Conference titles as a member of the all-walk-on 12th Man Kickoff Team from 1985-1987.

“It was such a great