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Robert Griffin III is back—not on the field, but as a popular commentator for college football and the NFL. The Heisman-winning former Baylor quarterback, known as RGIII, has also returned to Texas from Florida, having recently relocated to The Woodlands with his wife and four daughters. “It feels right,” Griffin says. “It’s home for us, and I can’t wait to see what the future holds here.”

An Army brat who was born in Japan, Griffin adopted Texas and its football fanaticism when his family settled in Copperas Cove, west of Temple, in 1997. “I started to understand that one thing that Texas holds near and dear to its heart is football, and that was kind of the start of my growing to love the game,” he

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