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It's kind of interesting that they are twins and one of them is in the NFL and the other may not get drafted or even stick as a UDFA next year.
Originally Posted by: wpr
That's a cool story.
I don't think it's rare for one twin to be a lot better than the other twin.
Malik Jackson had over 20 sacks in his first 5 seasons as a DT and his twin brother Marquis can only get Vikings and Bears training camp, but can't get on the PS. Plays in the CFL.
While neither of them were drafted, the Packers had both Justin and Jordan McCray. Packers wanted them both for training camp... but Justin was the more sought after/better one, and reportedly got an higher offer Titans (and later the brothers said they didn't want to compete for spots against each other). But Justin has played a lot better than Jordan... though it's a bit unfair as Jordan was a rookie and Justin got some NFL training with other teams before joining the Packers but still.
In high school we had a set of twins on the football team... one could argue he was the best OL on the team (also a clear bully), while the other was a very funny, very nice 6'6" TE.... who couldn't catch a ball to save his life.... (seriously in practice a coach was offering him free stuff (soda, $5, pizza, etc) if he caught the next pass... and he dropped every single one of them.
But that's partly what makes the successful twin stories in the NFL so interesting as it rarely seem to happen. I've read there are 12 sets of twins that have played in the NFL.
Ronde Barber, Tiki Barber
Brian Dixon, Brandon Dixon
Devin McCourty, Jason McCourty
Maurkice Pouncey, Mike Pouncey
Bill Saul,Rich Saul and Ron Saul
Rex Ryan, Rob Ryan
I'm not sure if the Ryans count, as I think the 12 sets were talking about players.