San Diego State senior running back Jordan Byrd, a Manzano High School graduate, has not forgotten his New Mexico roots.
In fact, he advertises them.
“I come from New Mexico,” Byrd said during a news conference in San Diego this week in advance of the Aztecs’ late Friday night game against the New Mexico Lobos in Albuquerque. “You don’t really get a lot of (Division I college football players) from New Mexico.
“Just wanting to put New Mexico on the map and show that we have athletes as well.”
Meanwhile, UNM head coach Danny Gonzales, the guy who recruited Byrd to San Diego State while he was the defensive coordinator there, is just trying to find a road map to victory.