FRISCO, Texas — Breckyn Hager didn’t set out to become a football Fabio. Yet there he was Tuesday, goldilocks draping down past the buttons on his burnt-orange polo.
After pledging in 2015 not to cut his hair until Texas captured a conference championship, the linebacker enters his senior season with only one more chance.
“I wanted something tangible, visible, that could always remind me to go after what I thought was a simple goal at the time. But now I’m realizing, ‘Wait, it’s not that simple,’” he said. “Now to see my hair, it’s getting longer — like ‘Oh my goodness.