{"id":24794,"date":"2013-02-22T13:26:37","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T19:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=24794"},"modified":"2014-09-23T08:29:31","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:29:31","slug":"former-um-basketball-football-player-hoping-to-repay-dallas-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/former-um-basketball-football-player-hoping-to-repay-dallas-cowboys\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UM Basketball, Football Player Hoping to Repay Dallas Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DALLAS, Texas \u2013 University of Mississippi art professor Matt Long has a longstanding tradition of inviting his ceramics students to his home, where they make pottery in a wood-burning kiln. When the professor altered his tradition by inviting a 6-foot-6-inch, nearly 300-pound Ole Miss Rebel basketball and football player to join the group in 2008, Long didn&#8217;t realize he, and his son, Chris, would make a connection that would eventually stretch to the Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p>Jermey Parnell, now an offensive tackle for the Cowboys, bonded with the Longs through a love of art and rock collecting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s always a pleasure to have students like Jermey,&#8221; Long said. &#8220;As a professor, I realize that I have the opportunity to affect students&#8217; lives beyond the classroom. 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