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For the third consecutive season, the Texans football jerseys will host a Monday Night Football game when Baltimore comes to Houston on Monday, December 13.　 To accommodate the exceptionally high demand for tickets for that game and the matchup with the in-state rival Dallas Cowboys on September 26, the Texans instituted a drawing to give fans an exclusive opportunity to buy tickets before they went on sale to the general public.

First school, second baller," he said, asking that the youngsters Brian Cushing repeat his mantra, to make it clear that school comes first.

The second "always," Tate said, is "always believe in yourself."

"Believe you're going to be the best at what your doing. You gotta have swagger and you gotta be confident in what you do," said the second-round draft pick. "And, never quit. Never ever, ever give up."

Berlin Mayor Gee Williams officially proclaimed July 17 "Ben Tate Day" and presented Tate with a proclamation and bumper sticker that read "I Love Berlin."

"This day will go down in Berlin history," Williams said. "There are a lot of Texans fans right here in the heart of Maryland."

Tate has come a long way since playing Pop Warner football as a boy; he played Steve Slaton on Berlin, Salisbury and Laurel, Del. teams. The all-star running back's high school football career began at Stephen Decatur, where his father, Ben, also played. The younger Tate played for Decatur for three years before transferring to Snow Hill during his senior year.

Tate achieved much success in high school. Among his accomplishments: the Maryland state records for yards rushing in a career (5,920) and a single season (2,886) and state record for total offensive yards in a career (6,123).

Decatur Coach Bob Knox, who has led the program for 35 years and coached Tate's father and many other family members, said all of the men where extremely talented, and joked that he would probably get in trouble for saying that "Ben was the most talented of them all."

"Commitment, hard work and talent made him the person he is today," Knox said. "Kids should look up to him. Parents, use Ben Tate as a role model for your children, not only to be successful athletes but to be successful in life."

"You lit up the football field at Stephen Decatur for three years," Principal Lou Taylor told Tate during the Berlin celebration. "We're all extremely proud of you. In my opinion, you'll always be a Seahawk."

Snow Hill Coach Charlie Holmes told the crowd of several hundred that he Andre Johnson knew a long time ago, even before Tate transferred to the school, that the running back was going to be a professional football player ― Tate had a good work ethic and he ran tough, the coach said.

Tate graduated from high school a semester early to begin participating in spring drills at Auburn University.

Tate had 3,321 career rushing yards at Auburn, fifth best in school history. His 24 career rushing touchdowns tie him for sixth in school history. He was the also the team's 2009 MVP. He has a degree in criminology from the school.

"Ben, you left town a few short years ago and went on a journey to Auburn and you began to make your mark," said Worcester County Commissioner James Purnell, who also drove Tate and his high school football, track and basketball teammates to many games. "You picked up the torch and ran a good race. We're all here to support you the rest of the way and we wish you nothing but the best. We know you'll never let us down."

Tate was drafted in the second round (58th overall) of the 75th annual NFL draft on April 23 by the Houston Texans.