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Flowery Branchs Tarik Jalil wins trip to Super Bowl

Athletic teen has overcome injuries, loss of home in electrical fire

Tarik Jalil, 17, a junior football running back and track athlete for Flowery Branch, talks Wednesday about winning tickets to the Super Bowl. Jalil tore his ACL twice while playing football in high school and lost his house to an electrical fire, but he never let that affect his outlook on life or drive to play football. - photo by Erin O. Smith

0129SUPER 0001 — Tarik Jalil, 17, a junior football running back and track athlete for Flowery Branch, talks Wednesday about winning tickets to the Super Bowl. Jalil tore his ACL twice while playing football in high school and lost his house to an electrical fire, but he never let that affect his outlook on life or drive to play football. - photo by Erin O. Smith

Tarik Jalil has got a smile to light up a room. And he’s got a lot to smile about for the next few days. Jalil is the extremely thrilled — if still somewhat stunned — recipient of two tickets to Sunday’s Super Bowl game in Glendale, Ariz.