Former Lovington High School football player is going to the Super Bowl. Chicago Bears Brian Urlacher still remembers his New Mexico roots. Lovington roots for him.
Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher (54), a former University of New Mexico standout, has carefully carved a squeaky clean image through his commercial appearances and endorsement deals to become an international superstar.
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Brian Urlacher's success as an All Pro linebacker who has made it to the Super Bowl provides a charge of pride and enthusiasm for the residents of his hometown of Lovington. Nike paid for this mural, depicting Urlacher in his high school uniform, which covers the side of a vacated building on South Main Street in Lovington.
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Kathy Smith wears a Brian Urlacher T-shirt while working on a customer's hair at Collage, a beauty salon and gift shop in Lovington. Urlacher's stellar career with the Chicago Bears has converted Lovington from a mostly Dallas Cowboys' town to a predominantly Bears' town.
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In this picture from the 1995 Lovington High yearbook, junior Brian Urlacher (second from left) is shown wearing a Nike cap to the prom, a prophetic photograph considering that NFL star Urlacher now has a contract with Nike. Third from left is Brandon Ridenour, Urlacher's pal and teammate on the Lovington football and basketball teams.
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J.T. Karger, 6, (left) plays video game football against his brother, Brannon, 8, in J.T.'s room. J.T. and Brannon's rooms, like those of many young boys in Lovington, are virtual shrines to Brian Urlacher and the Chicago Bears. "I would be happy for Brian if he won the Super Bowl," J.T. said. "It would mean a lot to me."
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