ATHENS -- Mekhail Sherman, or MJ for those who can’t pronounce his first name of Muh-kyle, has had to wait his turn for playing and leadership opportunities.

Now a junior, Sherman is making the most of his significant playing time on special teams.

Sherman has remained patient and determined at Georgia, qualities he attributes to a background unique to those of most of his teammates.

Sherman is the son of Varney Sherman, a Liberian Senator. The Georgia outside linebacker has kept a strong relationship with his father and his family’s country of origin, despite the distance between them.

Roughly 5,000 miles from Liberia, Sherman carries a reminder of his family’s roots with him. The outside linebacker wears a golden pendant shaped like the continent of Africa, a gift from his father.

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