Three former members of the Aledo Bearcats football team are now playing at TCU as the Horned Frogs seek to become the first team from Texas to capture the College Football Playoff national championship.
From Aledo are three seniors, linebacker Wyatt Harris, his brother and offensive lineman Wes Harris, along with defensive lineman Colt Ellison.
Wes Harris was a part of three Aledo state championship teams in 2013, 2014 and 2016. Wyatt and Ellison were on state title teams in 2016 and 2018.
“I sent them a text congratulating them on qualifying and said, ‘Now go and win the darn thing,’” Aledo coach Tim Buchanan said. “That’s the mentality they go in with.”
Buchanan coached Wes Harris in 2013 on a team that is the only one in history at any level to score more than 1,000 points in a season, going 16-0. Steve Wood coached him to championships in 2014, going 15-1, and a perfect 16-0 in 2016.
Wood was Aledo’s head coach in both state title seasons for Wyatt Harris and Ellison, going a combined 32-0 in those seasons. Buchanan was the athletic director during that time, but returned to coaching in 2019 and Wood became the AD.
The Horned Frogs (12-1) are the No. 3 seed in the CFP and will face No. 2 Michigan (13-0) in the Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, Arizona on New Year’s Eve at 3 p.m. The nightcap that day is No. 1 Georgia (13-0) vs. No. 4 Ohio State (11-1) in the Peach Bowl in Atlanta at 7 p.m.
The two winners will square off on Jan. 9 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California at 6:30 p.m. All games will be broadcast on ESPN.
They are hoping to join Alabama running back Jase McClellan, who helped the Crimson Tide win the 2020 national championship when he was a freshman. He helped Alabama return to the title game last season before falling to Georgia.
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