Fresh off the practice field - the morning of Georgia Southern’s big game against in-state rival Mercer - junior Aldair Cortes spent some time reflecting on where he’s been and, perhaps more importantly, where he plans to go.
The 20-year-old native of Mexico has a large personality with even larger expectations for himself on and off the field, something he doesn’t take for granted.
Cortes spent most of his adolescence in Cairo, Georgia, a small southwestern town about 15 miles north of the Florida-Georgia border.
“Cairo, it was nice,” Cortes said. “My family came when I was probably around five … and I came here whenever I was seven.