Jan. 18, 2016
Four #ProJackets punched their tickets to Sunday’s conference championship games. Shaq Mason will face fellow Georgia Tech alumni Demaryius Thomas and Vance Walker in the AFC Championship Game at Denver, while Lou Young and the Carolina Panthers will host the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship Game.
With the conference championship matchups set, Super Bowl 50 will feature at least one #ProJacket on a team roster, marking the eighth time in the last nine years that at least one #ProJacket will play in a Super Bowl.
Denver’s Divisional Round win over Pittsburgh was extra sweet for Demaryius Thomas, whose mom was watching him play football for the first time.
Check out the rest of this week’s Nissan #ProJackets Report.
| #PROJACKETS REPORT, 2016 PLAYOFFS | |||
| PLAYER | DIVISIONAL | NEXT GAME | |
| Morgan Burnett, S Green Bay Packers 6th Year GT Bio | NFL Bio | Twitter | Saturday, Jan. 16 STARTED at ARI (L, 20-26) 4 tackles | FINAL 2015 STATS Games Played: 11 Games Started: 11 68 tackles 5 PDef, 2 FF | |
| Shaq Mason, OL New England Patriots ROOKIE GT Bio | NFL Bio | Twitter | Saturday, Jan. 16 STARTED vs. KC (W, 27-20) No Stats | AFC Championship Sunday, Jan. 24 at DEN 3:05 p.m. ET CBS | |
| Demaryius Thomas, WR Denver Broncos 6th Year GT Bio | NFL Bio | Twitter | Sunday, Jan. 17 STARTED vs. PIT (W, 23-16) 4 rec., 40 yds. | AFC Championship Sunday, Jan. 24 vs. NE 3:05 p.m. ET CBS | |
| Vance Walker, DE Denver Broncos 7th Year GT Bio | NFL Bio | Twitter | Sunday, Jan. 17 PLAYED vs. PIT (W, 23-16) 2 tackles | AFC Championship Sunday, Jan. 24 vs. NE 3:05 p.m. ET CBS | |
| Lou Young, CB Carolina Panthers 1st Year GT Bio | NFL Bio | Twitter | Sunday, Jan. 17 DNP (Inactive) vs. SEA (W, 31-24) | NFC Championship Sunday, Jan. 24 vs. ARI 6:40 p.m. ET FOX |
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