played one-on-one," Mark added. "But he
was always the quicker one. For a while,
I was bigger and I would win, but then he
got bigger and he was still fast. They were
lots of fun."
"We talked some about it," Devon said
of picking UVA and joining his brother.
"It wasn't the reason but it made coming
here that much sweeter, being able to come
to this program and also have my brother
here as well. It was a perfect situation and I
hopped on it because of that."
"I think he was always mindful that he
didn't want to come here just because I was
here," Mark noted. "He had a lot of op-
portunities but he felt like this was the best
school for him, the best fit for him, and the
fact that I was here was just a big bonus. It
was a positive because he had the support
system here."
It's clearly worked out well for them
both, especially this past year when Mark
was struggling to adjust to the coaching
transition.
"For me, he's been a big positive for me,"
Mark said. "My roughest time was this past
Mark, a 6-2, 260-pound defensive end on the football team, had compiled nine total
stops, two tackles for loss, a sack and two passes broken up through 10 games this fall.
PHOTO BY MATT RILEY/COURTESY UVA
