That’s the right voice for it. André Sam is one of the few people who actually lived both sides. At Iowa he was an All-State wide receiver and returner — 178 career catches, 2,593 yards, 31 touchdowns — and the kind of player Tommy Johns said would line up wherever the team needed him. Ten miles down I-10 he walked on at McNeese at about 150 pounds with no offers, earned a scholarship his first semester, and left as a two-time first-team All-Southland safety. The road after that only makes the narration land harder: Marshall, then LSU, where he started every game in 2023, led the Tigers in interceptions, and won the Percy E. Roberts Defensive Player of the Year award. Undrafted to the Eagles, he became the first Yellow Jacket on an NFL roster. Iowa retired No. 16. Super Bowl LIX made him the first Jacket with a ring. He also grew up with a stutter and has been open about it. Hearing him carry a piece about those two programs isn’t just a nice credit. It’s someone who paid for the right to tell that story