Super Bowl Bound: Auburn Junior To Train Under Legendary Sports Field Groundskeepers

By Jamie Creamer, Auburn University

Next year already is shaping up to be a super one for Wilson Morgan — a super year that starts with a trip to the Super Bowl.

That’s the Auburn University junior’s grand prize for submitting the winning application and essay in the 2019 Toro Super Bowl Sports Turf Training competition. He is the first Auburn turf management student to be tapped for the honor in the contest’s 16-year history.

As the winner, Morgan will head to Atlanta Jan. 27 and spend the entire week leading up to the Feb. 3 Super Bowl as a member of the NFL’s elite Super Bowl grounds crew at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

“This is an amazing opportunity to learn from the best of the best,” Morgan said, and he’s got that right.

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