Grade: Senior
Age: 17
Sports: Football, track
Claim to fame/honors: Defensive end for Rams; member of National Honor Society; ranks third in class academically; Questbridge Scholar; alternate on 4x100 relay team that qualified for state last year
Bet you didn’t know … I hope to live until I’m 119 so I can live in two centuries and be 18 twice, which is my favorite number.
Words you live by: What doesn’t kill you simply makes you stranger (from The Dark Knight)
Toughest opponent: Toledo Central Catholic because they put us out of the playoffs my first two years of high school, but we finally got them last year
Biggest influence: The life of Steve Jobs; he saw things into reality when others thought them impossible
Game-day rituals: For both sports, I eat the same sub (Italian herb and cheese footlong; for football I write “Why so serious?” on my right wrist tape
What’s on your bedroom walls? Joker poster with his face; I like to say he watches me sleep
When I’m bored I like to … listen to music and write poetry
Favorite movie: The Dark Knight
Person who would play you in a movie: Coin toss between Donald Glover and Chance the Rapper; I’ve been told I resemble them both strongly
Favorite TV show: Black Mirror
Favorite musical artists: The Weekend, Lil’ Wayne and Kendrick Lamar
I can’t live without: Story telling
I can live without: Homework
Event you’d like to attend: A Stanford national football championship game
Favorite book: Breaking Dawn, the fourth book in the Twilight series
Favorite home-cooked meal: Broccoli casserole
Favorite restaurant: Bravo
Favorite smell: Roses
Favorite cereal: Reese’s Puffs
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Apple Store
Vegetable you won’t eat: Cold cauliflower
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
Whose mind would you like to read? Adolph Hitler and Martellus Bennett (Green Bay tight end)
Place where you’d love to travel? Dominican Republic
Talent you’d like to have? I wish I could sing any song
Favorite school subject: Creative writing
Favorite athlete: Rob Gronkowski
Favorite team: Stanford
Favorite Olympic sport: Track
Something in the world I’d like to change: Late night beach patrol
Favorite sports moment: 2015 Super Bowl when the Patriots beat the Seahawks when Malcolm Butler intercepted a pass at the goal line
Favorite junk food: Sour Patch Kids
Best thing about football: Every position on the field relies on each other, but every position has its own individual successes, and for every touchdown there’s a pancake block
In 10 years, I hope to be … on top of the world
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