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NEW ORLEANS — Glenn Dorsey was on his way home from picking up another major college football award last month when airport security in Houston stopped him.
“I had left my I.D. at home, and I just had my school I.D., but they said that wasn’t good enough,” Dorsey recalled.
Someone in line recognized him and offered the sports section of the Houston Chronicle, which ran a photo of Dorsey after he won the Lombardi Award at a banquet there the night before.
Dorsey boarded his flight without further delay.
“That was cool,” Dorsey said, grinning. “I enjoyed that.”
Maybe now he gets it: He’s famous.
Lombardi Award. Nagurski Award. Outland Trophy. Lott Trophy. Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year. Consensus All-American.
Major player in the BCS National Championship Game on Monday.
Grand Marshal of the Christmas parade in Gonzales.
Yet, in early October, after LSU’s dramatic 28-24 victory against Florida in Tiger Stadium, Dorsey sounded charmingly oblivious to his status as one of the big men on campus and one of the biggest names in the game he loves.
A police escort led Dorsey and LSU coach Les Miles on a golf-cart ride to the Parade Ground for a late-night, wrap-up version of ESPN “College Game Day” as fans ran behind them. Dorsey waved to them, his hands still wrapped in tape.
“That was nice, man,” Dorsey said two days later, laughing like a little boy. “I felt like a celebrity.”
Timeout.
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