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FIU defensive end Fermin Silva is one of the few Spanish speakers on the Panthers team.
"Some of my teammates will joke with me to talk Spanish to them," said Silva, whose father's side of the family is from Cuba. "But hardly any of them can speak the language. Some of them want to learn it so they tell me speak Spanish."
While Silva can fashion himself the Spanish teacher of the team, Silva has become an eager student of new FIU defensive line coach Kenny Holmes's methods on how to play defensive end.