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48-year-old father of 3 and full-time pastor makes college football debut

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What happened Justin Buzzard, college football's oldest player, recently made a return to the field, embracing a motto he lives by: "risk or rust.".
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WBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville) · Center · News report

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WBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville)News report · Sep 15, 4:40 PM

48-year-old father of 3 and full-time pastor makes college football debut

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Justin Buzzard, college football's oldest player, recently made a return to the field, embracing a motto he lives by: "risk or rust."

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WDSU New Orleans (Hearst)News report · Sep 15, 6:19 PM

48-year-old father of 3 playing college football for the first time

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"Maybe I should give this a shot." | Weeks before his 48th birthday, a father of three made his college football debut. Here's why he decided to return to the field 30 years after an injury...

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Sep 15, 4:40 PM: WBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville) joined the source map.

Sep 15, 6:19 PM: WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) joined the source map.

Now: score hidden until the source match is cleaner. Story health is developing · 17 sources · 1 bucket.