2008 Woodie Awards
Brotherly Love: Charbonnet brothers relish playing football for Tech
Alex Ybarra
Issue date: 4/29/08 Section: Sports
"I feel like I've gotten better every day," Taylor Charbonnet said. "It's just been trying to take advantage of every opportunity I get, and try to learn the scheme and the defense and everything, so I can just do it naturally."
Now they are side by side working together to build the Tech secondary, the comparisons can be drawn with ease.
Their personalities take to the field, and for Daniel Charbonnet, the difference is quite apparent.
"I would say he's competitive but I was always the more competitive one," he said. "He was always more laid back. He probably had more raw talent than me, so I probably needed to be more competitive in everything. I'm a little tenser, more high-strung."
Like most safeties, Taylor Charbonnet said his brother is the more aggressive hitter, while he would rather chop the legs out from a ball carrier.
"He's more of a mix between a corner and a safety," Taylor Charbonnet said. "Everyone always says I'm a true corner. He's kind of a hybrid corner, and I can just play corner. That's about it."
The two stay competitive with each other in other areas, such as ping-pong and video games, which has resulted in Daniel Charbonnet showing a side often seen.
"Video games, oh my gosh," Daniel Charbonnet said. "I've thrown a lot of controllers, that's for sure. That's just the competitiveness, it would get me in trouble with my mom."
In pingpong, Daniel Charbonnet said a scorekeeper would have been nice to have around.
"We'd try to keep track of who had the most wins," he said, "but one of us was wrong, because I think I did, and he thinks he did."
Daniel Charbonnet remembers the times he continuously could beat his little brother in a race, but those days are long gone, now that Taylor Charbonnet runs a 4.4 in the 40-yard dash.
"He's a little faster than me," Daniel Charbonnet said. "Not a lot, but a little. He's faster, I'll admit that."
Daniel Charbonnet said up until late in high school, none of his younger brothers could beat him in anything, but once they got a taste of winning, they wanted more.
Now they are side by side working together to build the Tech secondary, the comparisons can be drawn with ease.
Their personalities take to the field, and for Daniel Charbonnet, the difference is quite apparent.
"I would say he's competitive but I was always the more competitive one," he said. "He was always more laid back. He probably had more raw talent than me, so I probably needed to be more competitive in everything. I'm a little tenser, more high-strung."
Like most safeties, Taylor Charbonnet said his brother is the more aggressive hitter, while he would rather chop the legs out from a ball carrier.
"He's more of a mix between a corner and a safety," Taylor Charbonnet said. "Everyone always says I'm a true corner. He's kind of a hybrid corner, and I can just play corner. That's about it."
The two stay competitive with each other in other areas, such as ping-pong and video games, which has resulted in Daniel Charbonnet showing a side often seen.
"Video games, oh my gosh," Daniel Charbonnet said. "I've thrown a lot of controllers, that's for sure. That's just the competitiveness, it would get me in trouble with my mom."
In pingpong, Daniel Charbonnet said a scorekeeper would have been nice to have around.
"We'd try to keep track of who had the most wins," he said, "but one of us was wrong, because I think I did, and he thinks he did."
Daniel Charbonnet remembers the times he continuously could beat his little brother in a race, but those days are long gone, now that Taylor Charbonnet runs a 4.4 in the 40-yard dash.
"He's a little faster than me," Daniel Charbonnet said. "Not a lot, but a little. He's faster, I'll admit that."
Daniel Charbonnet said up until late in high school, none of his younger brothers could beat him in anything, but once they got a taste of winning, they wanted more.
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