Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Ali Goes to the White House!

Today at 11:15 AM ET President Biden will welcome the Super Bowl Champions Tampa Bay Buccaneers and recognize them for winning Super Bowl LV back in February.

You can see Ali Marpet '15 to the center left of the podium in this team photo from the lawn taken earlier this morning. It's a rare moment when you'll find Ali in a suit, but he cleans up very well. He's standing next to fellow OL-men C Ryan Jensen (to his left in this photo, his right facing the cameras) and LT Donovan Smith (who was drafted just before Ali in 2015). 

Ali and his teammates will get their SB rings on Thursday.

Photo taken by Scott Smith @ScottSBucs

The Athletic's Greg Auman wrote a piece on Ali and classmate Dom Ellis' '15 reunion at the White House. Dom is a Secret Service officer there. A subscription to that online magazine is required to view it. I used to have one, but that's a story for another day. 

Regardless it was great to see this shot of the two former Statesmen:

Photo taken by @GregAuman

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