NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- When the Tennessee Titans signed safety Josh Aubrey this week, they added a very unique wrinkle to their defensive backs room.
Aubrey joins Jason McCourty and Michael Griffin as Titans defensive backs who have twin brothers.
They're all distinct, of course, but we can say the Titans have duplicates in triplicate.
“It's pretty cool” said Jason McCourty, who’s identical twin brother, Devin, is a safety with the New England Patriots. “I can't say we've discussed it at all. But I think there's some familiarity for the three of us having a good idea what life was like growing up with a twin and always having someone there to compete with and motivate each other.”
“It’s pretty odd,” said Michael Griffin, who pointed out that Titans defensive lineman Karl Klug is also a twin, as was an old Titans defensive lineman, Dave Ball. “It’s kind of odd having three pairs of twins in the same room.
“Our twins are away,” Josh Aubrey said. “It’s kind of like we know about it, but we don’t get to see it on an everyday basis. We don’t really get to have fun with it. We’d really have fun with it then. ... It’s the first time I’ve been around so many twins.”
With the three DBs, Klug and guard Justin McCray, who's got a twin brother Justin, the Titans have five twins on their current roster.
Jason McCourty is younger than his identical twin brother by 27 minutes.
Michael Griffin is older than his fraternal twin brother, Marcus, by 2 minutes.
Josh Aubrey is younger than his identical twin brother, Jordan, by a minute.
Marcus Griffin was also a defensive back at the University of Texans, got a look from the Vikings, didn’t make it, and headed in a different direction. He works for the Department of Homeland Security in Dallas.
“I like to joke with JMac and say that I feel like our twins are better, because we can do more than one thing,” Michael Griffin said.
Jordan Aubrey played with Josh at Stephen F. Austin and is now the secondary coach at Pine Tree High School in Longview, Texas.
The Titans chased Devin McCourty when he hit free agency in the spring and would have had quite a story if half of their starting secondary was composed of identical twins.
Alas, Devin McCourty re-signed with the Super Bowl champions and the brothers will have to settle for a head-to-head game when the Titans play at New England on Dec. 20.
