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Dana Marquez jokes that the Innovation in Safety Award he’ll receive Friday could be the Maxwell Football Club’s version of the Academy Award for Sound Mixing.
“I have a funny feeling this is going to be like the Oscars, where it says, ‘This award was presented earlier in the evening,’” he says.
After all, when you’re sharing the stage with stars like Cam Newton, who will receive the 57th Bert Bell Professional Player of the Year Award, someone has to go first.
Marquez, Auburn’s equipment manager since 2006, is the award’s first recipient.