Grade: Senior
Age: 18
Sports: Football, baseball
Claim to fame/honors: Team captain; running back ran for about 1,200 yards scored 21 touchdowns this year; named to All-Greater Western Ohio Conference second team; second team outfielder for Aviators; carries 3.1 grade-point average
Bet you didn’t know … I’ve been playing football for 12 years and have never missed a game
Words you live by: Speak softly and carry a big stick
Toughest opponent: Massillon Perry from week one this year
Biggest influence: My brother, Layton
Game-day rituals: I always wore the same shirt underneath my shoulder pads
What’s on your bedroom walls: Team posters from pee wee football; poster of Odell Beckham Jr.
When I’m bored I like to … play Madden 17
Favorite movie: Talladega Nights
Person who would play you in a movie: Mark Walhberg
Favorite TV show: The Middle
Favorite musical artist: Drake
I can’t live without: Friends and family
I can live without: Cold weather
Event you’d like to attend: Super Bowl
Favorite book: Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Favorite home-cooked meal: Spaghetti
Favorite restaurant: Red Robin
Favorite smell: Hamburgers on a charcoal grill
Favorite cereal: Rice Krispies
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Finish Line
Vegetable you won’t eat: Cauliflower
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Drake
Whose mind would you like to read? All of my football coaches
Place where you’d love to travel? Hawaii
Talent you’d like to have? Singing
Favorite school subject: History
Favorite athlete: Odell Beckham Jr.
Favorite team: New Orleans Saints
Favorite Olympic sport: Baseball
Something in the world I’d like to change: Dictatorships
Favorite sports moment: Scoring game-winning touchdown with seven seconds remaining last year against Stebbins
Favorite junk food: Cosmic Brownies
Best thing about football: The satisfaction of accomplishment when it all pays off
In 10 years, I hope to be … happy and successful
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