Son of Lance Armstrong to play his college football at Rice

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There will be at least one very famous father in the stands at Rice Stadium this coming season. According to the Austin American-Statesman, Luke Armstrong (pictured, being held up by his father) has committed to play his college football at Rice as a preferred walk-on. The offensive lineman is the son of Lance Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France champion who had those titles stripped because of the infamous doping scandal. As the Houston Chronicle noted, Armstrong was 5-9 and weighed 165 pounds during his racing prime; Armstrong’s son is 6-3, 250 pounds. The American-Statesman wrote that “[t]he elder Armstrong’s football career didn’t extend much beyond a Pop Warner league in Garland, Texas.”

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