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- By Darren Thompson
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On Monday, the Metropolis of Sparks, Nevada devoted April 25, 2022 as Austin Corbett Day. Austin Corbett is a citizen of the Walker River Paiute Tribe in Schurz, Nevada, and a former beginning offensive guard for the Los Angeles Rams–the workforce that received Tremendous Bowl LVI earlier this yr.
“The Metropolis of Sparks is grateful to have an Austin Corbett representing our metropolis and group on the highest stage {of professional} soccer,” stated Mayor of the Metropolis of Sparks Ed Lawson within the Austin Corbett Proclamation yesterday. “We congratulate Austin on this superb accomplishment and want him many extra profitable seasons within the Nationwide Soccer League (NFL). We additionally want him the most effective of luck this upcoming season with the Carolina Panthers.”
Corbett was born and raised within the Metropolis of Sparks, and began enjoying soccer in Sparks Pop Warner leagues on the age of seven. He graduated from the Edward C. Reed Excessive College in 2013 and earned varsity sports activities letters in baseball, basketball, soccer, observe and discipline, and wrestling. He walked on the College of Nevada—Reno (UNR) soccer workforce in 2013 and began in 48 consecutive video games.
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Corbett was the thirty third draft within the 2018 NFL Draft and the primary athlete to begin within the Tremendous Bowl from the Reno-Sparks area. He spent a season with the Cleveland Browns and was traded to the Rams in 2019.
“On behalf of the Walker River Paiute Tribe and our group, it’s my honor and pleasure to congratulate our Tribal member on all his superb accomplishments in his profession and his private life,” stated Walker River Paiute Tribal Chairman Amber Torres in an announcement. “We’re right here to have fun you Austin, assist you and uplift you in your new adventures forward in life. You could have set an excellent instance for our native youth throughout Indian [C]ountry to set their objectives, and go after them.”
Publish-Tremendous Bowl win, Corbett was traded once more and signed a three-year contract with the Carolina Panthers.
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