College football fans will recall that when Ohio State played Notre Dame in the 2006 Fiesta Bowl, the TV cameras focused, over and over again, on Laura Quinn, the sister of Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn and girlfriend of Ohio State linebacker A.J. Hawk. Quinn wore a half-and-half jersey to show her allegiance to both her boyfriend and her brother.
Well, now her name is Laura Hawk, and she’s the wife of Green Bay Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk and sister of Cleveland Browns quarterback Brady Quinn. But unlike that Fiesta Bowl, Laura doesn’t have to worry about her husband sacking her brother, because neither Hawk nor Quinn gets much playing time these days.
Quinn has been warming the bench since he was replaced in the starting lineup by Derek Anderson, and Hawk -- though technically a starter -- was on the field for only nine plays in the Packers’ last game.
''It’s obviously not my ideal situation of what I’d want to be doing,’' Hawk said of how much he’s played since being drafted fifth overall in 2006. ''Regardless of how many reps I’m getting right now, I still want to be here.”
No word on whether his wife has stitched together a half-and-half Packers-Browns jersey for Sunday’s game.
