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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 17
BY SENATOR CATHEY
A RESOLUTION
To commend and congratulate the Los Angeles Rams' offensive tackle, Andrew Whitworth
of West Monroe, Louisiana, for his contributions towards the Rams winning Super
Bowl LVI.
WHEREAS, Andrew Whitworth was born December 12, 1981, in Monroe,
Louisiana, and began his successful football career at West Monroe High School, in West
Monroe, Louisiana, where he was part of three Louisiana Class 5A State Championships in
1997, 1998, and 2000, when the school was listed by the National High School Football
Tony Poll as national champions; and
WHEREAS, in his senior year at West Monroe High School, Whitworth was rated
by CNNSI.com as the sixth best offensive line prospect in the nation and participated in the
first ever U.S. Army All-American Bowl game on December 30, 2000; and
WHEREAS, following high school, Whitworth joined the LSU Tiger Football Team
and in 2002, he started every game as a redshirt freshman, and was recognized as a first team
Freshman All-American by The Sporting News and Football Writers Association; and
WHEREAS, in 2003, as a sophomore, Whitworth started in all fourteen games,
helping the Tigers to a 13-1 record and the BCS national title with a Sugar Bowl defeat of
Oklahoma; and
WHEREAS, after his stellar college football career, Whitworth was chosen in the
second round of the 2006 NFL draft as the 55th overall pick by the Cincinnati Bengals and
went on to play eleven years with that team and the last five seasons he played for the Los
Angeles Rams; and
WHEREAS, since entering the NFL, Whitworth has started in two hundred
thirty-five of two hundred thirty-nine games played; caught a one yard touchdown pass, the
first of his career, on his birthday in 2010; in 2019, he became only the twelfth starter in
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NFL history to earn victories against all thirty-two teams; and this year, he became just the
fourth player to win the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award and the Super Bowl in
the same season; and
WHEREAS, beyond starring on the football field, in 2021, Whitworth started his
"Big Whit Homes for LA Families" venture, which after each home game, he donated
twenty thousand dollars to repair homes damaged by Hurricane Ida in partnership with
Rebuilding Together; and during one game this season, he hosted more than thirty military
veterans for the Merging Vets and Players initiative in a suite; and
WHEREAS, on Sunday February 13, 2022, Andrew Whitworth raised the legendary
Vince Lombardi trophy in celebration with his teammates after defeating the Cincinnati
Bengals 23-20 to become the undisputed world champions; and
WHEREAS, with remarkable determination, character, skill, and talent that began
at West Monroe High School, it is appropriate to call Andrew Whitworth a "True
Champion".
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend and congratulate the Los Angeles Rams' offensive tackle, Andrew
Whitworth of West Monroe, Louisiana, for his contributions toward the Rams winning Super
Bowl LVI.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Andrew Whitworth.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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