LB Ross settling in for Winston-Salem Rams

TERRY ROSS

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- When Terry Ross is old and gray and sitting with his grandchildren, he can enjoy retelling the story of his first college-football game.

Ross, a junior linebacker at Winston-Salem State and a transfer from Marshall, was in the starting lineup as a freshman when Marshall played at Ohio State in 2010.

'"There were more than 100,000 fans there, and it was surreal,” Ross said of the game that had official attendance of 105,000. “I don’t think I’ll ever forget that game because that was a big-time game.”

Ross had five tackles in the 45-7 loss and said playing on such a big stage was fun.

"It was quite an atmosphere," he said.

But Ross left Marshall after two seasons and coaching changes in the program and to be closer to his Durham home. He’s now in his first season at WSSU, backing up Carlos Fields, a Division II All-America and the 2012 CIAA defensive player of the year.

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