Texas A&M quarterback Kellen Mond again helped lead the charge to have a statue removed from campus on Friday night, though he and his fellow marchers were met by counter-protesters guarding the statue in the process.
Mond first joined in on calls to remove the on-campus statue of former Texas A&M president Lawrence Sullivan Ross earlier this month. The statue, known as “Sully,” has been there since 1919. The former university president also served as a general in the Confederate Army, was a Texas Ranger and the state’s 19th governor.
Mond, along with several of his teammates and fellow students, marched to the statue on Friday night.