‘”The first guy that I really got into deeply mentoring was Shawne Merriman,” said Arrington, who was an influence on the Chargers pass rusher as he was preparing himself for his NFL career at the University of Maryland. “I imparted a lot of what I had inside of me to him. He actually went to high school with my kid brother. So you see what that ended up being. That’s been such an important thing for me being involved with guys. It isn’t just Aaron.”‘