A&T celebrates NFL debut by alumnus, Bears rookie Tarik Cohen (video)

GREENSBORO, North Carolina — Tarik Cohen stood beside his locker at Chicago’s Soldier Field on Sunday afternoon, surrounded by more than a dozen microphones, cameras and recorders.

Cohen wore a white sleeveless undershirt, looked each reporter in the eye and answered their questions like a pro.

After all, he is a pro.

But the Chicago Bears' overnight sensation is also still the same guy he was for four years at A&T, when the 5-foot-6 running back rewrote the MEAC record book.

“Tarik still does a lot for this (A&T) team today,” Aggies quarterback Lamar Raynard said today. “That’s why I love him. He’s a down-to-earth guy, a great guy. He still talks to us every day. I mean it. Every day, he’s on our group chat.”

Cohen, 22, was picked by the Bears in the fourth round of the NFL draft and made his pro debut Sunday in a 23-17 loss to the Atlanta Falcons.



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