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Alabama star Da'Ron Payne a reflection of his family, coaches

The twins still wrestle and chase each other around the house like they did when they were five years old.

Now, though, Da'Ron Payne is a 310-pound bowling ball of muscle and athleticism and his brother, Darren, while not a star college football player, looks like he can handle himself just fine. In other words, things can get downright destructive at their childhood home in Irondale, Ala., on the holidays. Who wins these epic heavyweight wrestling matches, the football player for Alabama, or his brother?

"That's a case for the FBI," Darren Payne said.

Da'Ron Payne, the junior nose guard of the Alabama Crimson Tide, is the recent defensive MVP of the Sugar Bowl.