Allen Gregory

TAZEWELL, Va. – Walker Patterson received advice from his older brother Brody before entering his senior season with the Tazewell Bulldogs football team.

“He told me to keep my head down and do the work with 100 percent effort,” Patterson said.

Brody Patterson knows plenty about respect and work.

A former Tazewell football star, Brody is a 6-foot-1, 197-pound redshirt sophomore receiver at VMI.

“Those are definitely some big footsteps to follow,” Walker said.

This family story has a unique angle.

Brody waited until his junior year to join the football team at Tazewell, while Walker began his football run as a freshman.

“I wanted Brody to play football for a long while growing up,” Walker said. “I finally convinced him to come out for practice when I was a freshman be

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