FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — In the control room of the Atlanta Falcons Ticketmaster Studio, Aliya and Aundell Terrell Sr. leaned forward in their chairs and grabbed a couple of tissues as they watched a video screen relaying the actions happening a floor below.

"Just to prepare," Aliya said to her husband with a small smile.

Their son, Atlanta Falcons starting cornerback A.J. Terrell, walked into the quiet studio. He was there under the guise of recording promotional material to help earn Pro Bowl votes for himself and his teammates. Instead, his younger brother, Avieon—a top cornerback at Clemson—emerged from behind a large video wall.

As he approached his older brother, his parents fell silent in the control room, watching one son sneak up behind the other.

"No one deserves this more than

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