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See our interview with the Denver Broncos linebacker at Super Bowl Media Day.In high school at
St. Augustine (New Orleans),
Lorenzo Doss and
Trai Turner lined up on opposite sides of the line of scrimmage at every practice, with Doss playing cornerback and Turner playing on the offensive line.
In Sunday's Super Bowl 50, the former teammates will also be on opposite sidelines. Doss will be suiting up for the Denver Broncos and Turner will start for the Carolina Panthers.
According to St. Augustine Athletic Director Marcus DeLarge, the two Purple Knights' appearance is a source of pride for the school, regardless of allegiances.
"No matter which team they're rooting for on Sunday, the St. Augustine High School family will watch with pride as these two Purple Knights play on the biggest national stage in professional sports," DeLarge said on the St. Augustine
athletics website.
Both Doss and Turner played on the 2010 St. Augustine team that went 9-3 and advanced to the Class 5A quarterfinals. Doss was a 3-star junior defensive back while Turner was a 3-star offensive lineman, according to the 247Sports Composite Player Rankings. Another player on that team was freshman running back Leonard Fournette, who finished sixth in this year's Heisman Trophy voting as a member of the LSU Tigers.
Doss went on to play at Tulane and was a fifth-round draft pick by the Broncos in the 2015 draft. He was a second-team All-American and was also named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year during his sophomore season.
Turner played at LSU for two seasons and entered the NFL Draft following his sophomore year. The Panthers selected him in the third round of the 2014 draft and he was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2015.
David Johnson coached Turner and Doss in 2010, and he also coached Fournette and Arizona Cardinals all-pro cornerback Tyrann Mathieu during his time at St. Augustine. Now an assistant coach at Memphis, Johnson reflected on the transformation of his two former players.
"The entire Purple Knight family worked to help these kids get to this point," Johnson told the
Baton Rouge Advocate. "It wasn't just the school, but the St. Aug community. Everybody was willing to invest in these kids to get the best out of them. Everybody can sit back and feel like they are a part of it."
