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Q&A with East Magnet outside linebacker Tion Curry​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, absolutely I would like to play football on the next level.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“As of right now I have 0 official offers but I have been talking to many colleges such as Austin Peay, Alabama A&M, TSU, Lafayette University.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I feel like Austin Peay wants me the most.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes I have visited Austin Peay and Alabama A&M recently.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I plan on taking a couple of trips to a lot of camps this summer. I’m going to a UT Martin camp June 6, Austin Peay camp in June, TSU camp June 14.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was LSU.”


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Q&A with Collierville cornerback Kam Herring​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“In college I plan on playing football and running track.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“The schools that have been recruiting me that I currently have offers from are Alabama state, Lindenwood, UT martin, Samford, Sacred Heart, Charlotte, Arkansas State, Austin Peay, Mississippi Valley State, Alabama A&M, Temple, and Arkansas Pine Bluff.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“The schools that are recruiting me the hardest are Charlotte, Austin Peay, Temple, and Arkansas State.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have had visits to Louisville, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Memphis, Austin Peay, and Alabama State.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I plan on visiting Charlotte, Arkansas State, and Temple very soon.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“The camps I will be going to are UT martin, Vanderbilt, South Alabama, Alabama State, Memphis, and Austin Peay.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was definitely the University of Oregon. I am still a big fan of the football team.”


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Q&A with Greenback quarterback Madden McNeil​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I would love to play Football, but I also play baseball so whatever way I can get a free education.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Well I’m only a freshman coming up on my sophomore season so, I haven’t had any schools reach out to me other than a bunch of camp invites.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I had a letter from Maryville College for a mega camp and a one-on-one tour of the campus after.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have been on unofficial visits to University of Tennessee and University of Tennessee Chattanooga.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“No, I have no scheduled visits.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I go to the UT camp every year for Baseball and football, I plan to go to the Junior Day Football Showcase coming up in Smyrna TN, I will also attend the Manning Passing Academy in Louisiana.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes, I’ve always loved Tennessee. I go to every home game.”


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Q&A with Page defensive lineman Connor Coffman​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, I’d like to play D1 football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I’ve had several unofficial visits to TSU, Western KY and Austin Peay.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes I’ve had unofficial visits to Austin Peay, TSU, WKU, MTSU, Vanderbilt, and UT - Knoxville and a few others.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I have lots of summer camps that I will be going to across the southeast.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“Austin Peay mega camp, TSU mega camp, Memphis camp, Vanderbilt camp, TN tech camp, Auburn camp, WKU camp, MTSU, Wayne St University mega camp.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“University of Tennessee – Knoxville.”


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Q&A with Ravenwood quarterback Stephen Nieves​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“None.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“None.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Kentucky, Ole Miss, MTSU.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“Working on that now.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“TSU, Junior Day Football, still finalizing some others.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Oklahoma.”


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Q&A with East Magnet outside linebacker Tion Curry
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“I have been working out constantly to get…right for the upcoming season.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“To me personally I feel like I have improved my footwork and pass rush moves the most.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I have a lot of confidence with my team next season. As always, it’s not going to be an easy journey but I feel like we are putting the work in to make it back to state and win this time.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“The toughest team we are probably going to play is going to be either FRA or JP2 in my opinion.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Personally to me I don’t know most of these players we are going to be playing against.”

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Q&A with Collierville cornerback Kam Herring
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“With spring coming to an end. I've been waking up at 6am with a few teammates to go lift weights, train footwork, and run hills later. I've been doing drills as well to improve my skills at the DB position.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“I believe my press coverage has significantly improved. After the football season, I joined PPA, where we traveled the country competing against the best athletes while we ran press coverage. Competing against top athletes undoubtedly improved my skills as a DB.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“At Collierville, the bar is set high. We have been working nonstop to get ready for week 1. I believe we are going to have a great season!”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Beech is definitely an opponent where we will need to bring our A game given that they are a state contender. I am very confident in my team, and I believe we can beat them.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I think Damon Sisa will be the toughest opponent we will face. We played together on PPA; He’s a dawg for sure.”

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Q&A with Greenback quarterback Madden McNeil
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“I have been doing conditioning, working on my footwork, and studying the new play book. I’ve also been fortunate to have a few Greenback Alumni that played at the college level to mentor me and run routes for me, so I can get better.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“I feel I have improved most on being able to read the defense from the line.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I’m very confident in our team this year, we will be senior heavy with some really solid underclassmen.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Loudon is always tough because they are a bigger school than us, but Coalfield is tough too. Coalfield is the one we want to beat.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I honestly don’t know. I try not to put individual names with our competition. I try to keep our opponents faceless.”

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Q&A with Page defensive lineman Connor Coffman
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“I work out at 6:00 in the morning 3 times a week at school and every weekday afternoon, along with position, speed, mobility, and camp drill workouts during the weekend.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season? Speed and Mobility; “I’ve had lots of good coaches who have helped me get faster and more agile.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We have the talent to make it far. We’re working to get back to that state title game and win this time. If we make it this year, it will be our 3rd trip in a row to the state title game.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Nolensville.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I’m not worried about anybody.”

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Q&A with Ravenwood quarterback Stephen Nieves
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“Training everyday like I have a full-time job.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“Accuracy, arm strength, defensive recognition, management of the game, and overall leadership abilities.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel our team will do well and be competitive.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Oakland or Alcoa.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Eli Owens from Alcoa.”

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What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“Basketball and track.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“Speed and route running.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think my team will do great, we got a lot of more players.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Our toughest will be trying to defeat Christian Brothers.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“No player can beat Sheffield by themselves.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Tennessee State and Mississippi State have been recruiting a lot lately.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I have offers from JSU, MTSU, Mississippi Valley, and EKU. MTSU, EKU and Mississippi State [have been] recruiting me the hardest.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Not yet, I will this summer.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“Yes sir, MTSU, JSU, Mississippi State, TSU, EKU, Mississippi Valley.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“Still mapping it out, however, I’m only going to 3 camps.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Texas A&M.”

What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“Been running track and lifting weights.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“My ball skills and coming out of my breaks faster.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like my team will do well this coming season, we will go 10-0 again in the regular season and go to win state.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel like Covington is going to be the toughest competition on our schedule.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I feel like nobody.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes sir I want to play football and run track in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have 5 offers right now from (TSU, Mississippi Valley University, Alabama A&M, Alabama State University, North Alabama.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“TSU.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“No sir but this summer I will be going on a couple this summer.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“N/A.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I have TSU June 3rd, Austin Peay June 10th and some more lined up.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Alabama was my favorite team growing up.”

What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“Well last year I got injured during the playoffs and since I’ve been cleared I’ve been running 5 miles a day before and after practice.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“I feel like I have improved on my ball skills and being able to run sideline to sideline.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I truly believe that we could go all the way.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Well me being realistic I feel like nobody on our schedule would be able to compete with us.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I feel like nobody in region 8 6A will be able to stand a chance against our defense so I say nobody will be tough against us.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, I will play sports in college and it will be football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“The schools that have been recruiting me are UT Martin, MTSU, Alabama State, Mississippi Valley, and Jackson ST.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“The school that’s recruiting me the hardest is Mississippi Valley.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes, I have made trips to college.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“No, but I do plan on going to camps this summer.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“The camps I plan on going to are Mississippi Valley, Miami Ohio, Auburn, and probably Georgetown.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes, I did have a favorite college, my favorite college is Oregon.”

What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“We have been working as a team to get overall stronger.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“My 40 time dropped from a 5.3 to 4.8 since last season.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel we have a strong chance to make it to state but we have to put a lot of work in to get there.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“We have been beaten by Farragut the last few years so probably them.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Steven Soles, his speed off the edge will be hard to block.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, my dream school would be to play at Tennessee.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I haven’t heard from a lot of coaches but I talked with UAB.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Not yet but I have some for this summer.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I have a couple coming up in a few weeks.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“UTK, MTSU, UAB, Lindsay Wilson, UTC Memphis, ETSU.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Always been a fan of Tennessee.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“In my opinion we did alright but I know we can do better.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plan for sports and workouts right now is to just get stronger and faster.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“Personally I feel like we will do well next season.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Probably Riverside or Milan.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“In my opinion Desmond Thomas.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“As of right, none.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“None.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Not yet.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“No.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Tennessee Vols.”

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Q&A with Camden Central running back Gage Lee​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“As of right, none.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“None.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Not yet.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“No.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Tennessee Vols.”


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Q&A with Oak Ridge defensive end Elijah Bradley​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, my dream school would be to play at Tennessee.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I haven’t heard from a lot of coaches but I talked with UAB.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Not yet but I have some for this summer.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I have a couple coming up in a few weeks.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“UTK, MTSU, UAB, Lindsay Wilson, UTC Memphis, ETSU.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Always been a fan of Tennessee.”


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Q&A with Germantown inside linebacker Kylan Dickey​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, I will play sports in college and it will be football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“The schools that have been recruiting me are UT Martin, MTSU, Alabama State, Mississippi Valley, and Jackson ST.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“The school that’s recruiting me the hardest is Mississippi Valley.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes, I have made trips to college.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“No, but I do plan on going to camps this summer.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“The camps I plan on going to are Mississippi Valley, Miami Ohio, Auburn, and probably Georgetown.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes, I did have a favorite college, my favorite college is Oregon.”


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Q&A with Fairley wide receiver Jacquan Davis​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes sir I want to play football and run track in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have 5 offers right now from (TSU, Mississippi Valley University, Alabama A&M, Alabama State University, North Alabama.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“TSU.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“No sir but this summer I will be going on a couple this summer.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“N/A.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I have TSU June 3rd, Austin Peay June 10th and some more lined up.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Alabama was my favorite team growing up.”


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Q&A with Sheffield wide receiver Radarious Jackson​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Tennessee State and Mississippi State have been recruiting a lot lately.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I have offers from JSU, MTSU, Mississippi Valley, and EKU. MTSU, EKU and Mississippi State [have been] recruiting me the hardest.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Not yet, I will this summer.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“Yes sir, MTSU, JSU, Mississippi State, TSU, EKU, Mississippi Valley.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“Still mapping it out, however, I’m only going to 3 camps.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Texas A&M.”


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Q&A with Camden Central running back Gage Lee
How did the high school football season go overall?
“In my opinion we did alright but I know we can do better.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plan for sports and workouts right now is to just get stronger and faster.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“Personally I feel like we will do well next season.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Probably Riverside or Milan.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“In my opinion Desmond Thomas.”

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Q&A with Oak Ridge defensive end Elijah Bradley
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“We have been working as a team to get overall stronger.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“My 40 time dropped from a 5.3 to 4.8 since last season.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel we have a strong chance to make it to state but we have to put a lot of work in to get there.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“We have been beaten by Farragut the last few years so probably them.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Steven Soles, his speed off the edge will be hard to block.”

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Q&A with Germantown inside linebacker Kylan Dickey
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“Well last year I got injured during the playoffs and since I’ve been cleared I’ve been running 5 miles a day before and after practice.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“I feel like I have improved on my ball skills and being able to run sideline to sideline.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I truly believe that we could go all the way.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Well me being realistic I feel like nobody on our schedule would be able to compete with us.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I feel like nobody in region 8 6A will be able to stand a chance against our defense so I say nobody will be tough against us.”

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Q&A with Fairley wide receiver Jacquan Davis
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“Been running track and lifting weights.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“My ball skills and coming out of my breaks faster.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like my team will do well this coming season, we will go 10-0 again in the regular season and go to win state.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel like Covington is going to be the toughest competition on our schedule.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I feel like nobody.”

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Q&A with Sheffield wide receiver Radarious Jackson
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“Basketball and track.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“Speed and route running.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think my team will do great, we got a lot of more players.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Our toughest will be trying to defeat Christian Brothers.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“No player can beat Sheffield by themselves.”

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How did the high school football season go overall?
“Every team’s goal is to win a State Championship. So, in my opinion, it wasn’t a successful season unless you went out and achieved that. There were some moments, and some games, where we were successful. But overall, going 5-6, ending up 3rd in the region, and losing in the first round of the playoffs isn’t successful.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“As of right now, we are wrapping up our winter lifts and are beginning our combine. So, combine this week, and then we move into a month of spring practice, our Navy v. Gold Spring Game on May 12th, and we wrap it up with a scrimmage at Stewart’s Creek on May 19th.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel very confident about our team going into this season. We return a lot of players to the defensive side of the ball. Offensively we will look a little different, with an almost brand-new offensive line, a new quarterback, and a few returning offensive starters, with some spots where some young guys can step up and compete for a job. I’m very excited for spring ball, and to move into the summer getting ready for the season.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Looking at our schedule it’s pretty obvious to see who our toughest competition will be. Starting off the season, going to Murfreesboro to play multiple time State Champion Oakland. We are excited to be presented with the challenge at hand in playing them, and to be able to showcase our brand of Indy football.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Playing in 6A, and on top of that, playing in WCS, you see guys that are going to play big time football in college week in and week out. So, it’s difficult to narrow down a singular guy that will be the toughest to stop. Guys like Carter Pace, Ronan O’Connell, Tanner Lee, Clayton Merrill, and Stephen Ellison are going to all be great players we will play against.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I’d like the opportunity to be able to play college football. God willing the right coaches find me and give me the opportunity to play for their program.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“There’s not much activity in my recruitment right now. I’m more focused on the improvement of myself and my team right now, and the preparation for the upcoming season. Hoping my film this year will speak for itself and get my name out there more.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“None as of right now.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have not made any college trips yet. I’ve been invited to a few camps, so I might get to a few schools for those.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“As of right now, no.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“The Tennessee Vols have been my favorite school since I was a baby coming home from the hospital in the checkerboard shirt.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“This football season was great, we went 11-2, region champions, and a third-round playoff spot.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Currently I am part of the baseball team in Lewis County but as soon as the baseball season is done, I will start attending workouts for football.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think this could be one of the best teams in a long time for Lewis County. We are in a new region so only time can tell.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“With the new region layout, I’d say Waverly will probably be our toughest competition.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“With this region, no one is really noticeable and comes to mind right off the back.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“This question is hard currently because I haven’t decided if I want to play in the next level or not.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I haven’t really had any colleges recruit me yet but hopefully in the future.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I haven’t really had any colleges yet.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I haven’t been to any colleges myself yet but definitely in the near future.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I do have plans to visit some colleges but haven’t decided on which ones yet.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I have always been a big Tennessee Vols fan no matter if it was football, basketball or baseball.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“It went great, made it to the 2nd round in the playoffs.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Grind every day, get better than I was yesterday.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel we will be a more disciplined team than we have been previously.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Our toughest competition will be whoever wants it more.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“N/A.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play college football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“N/A.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“One to Phoenix Cumberland.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Not yet, looking to change that in the future.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes, growing up my favorite college team has always been the University of Oregon.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“I feel like we had a rebuild year last year due to coaching changes but I think we should come back stronger this year.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I plan to get faster and more explosive. With spring practice coming up I will take on the leadership role as a senior.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like we will bounce back, our team took last season personal and we are building off of that.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I think Lipscomb Academy will be our toughest game. Their style of play is immaculate and the amount of talent they have is incredible.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“The toughest player we’ll play against will be Kaleb Beasley at Lipscomb Academy, he flies all over the field and he reads the quarterback well.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I plan to play football at the next level.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“The colleges that have been recruiting me is SEMO (SouthEast Missouri), Austin Peay, Chattanooga, NC State and Tennessee Tech.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“The college that has recruited me the hardest is SouthEast Missouri (SEMO).”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I’ve been on a couple of unofficial visits this offseason.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“My upcoming trips are SEMO Chattanooga and NC state.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college team growing up was Tennessee cause that’s all I knew. I grew up 10 minutes from the stadium and went to every game so I’m really home grown.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“Went well, not the overall goal, going 12-1 and losing in the 3rd round by a field goal.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans are to get bigger and stronger to get 1% better every day.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like my team can make a really good run in the 2a playoffs.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“In my opinion I think Giles should be our toughest game.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Dawson White, overall a good athlete, hopes things are going well for him.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“A goal of mine has always been to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“EKU, Memphis, Tennessee Tech, TSU, MTSU, Drake University.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“EKU for sure, showing interest with them being my only offer.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“No trips as of now.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Football wise UGA has always been my favorite. Family makes that real hard since most are Alabama fans.”

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Q&A with Fayetteville offensive tackle Cole Cash​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“A goal of mine has always been to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“EKU, Memphis, Tennessee Tech, TSU, MTSU, Drake University.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“EKU for sure, showing interest with them being my only offer.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“No trips as of now.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Football wise UGA has always been my favorite. Family makes that real hard since most are Alabama fans.”


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Q&A with Knoxville Catholic defensive end Keilyn Smith​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I plan to play football at the next level.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“The colleges that have been recruiting me is SEMO (SouthEast Missouri), Austin Peay, Chattanooga, NC State and Tennessee Tech.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“The college that has recruited me the hardest is SouthEast Missouri (SEMO).”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I’ve been on a couple of unofficial visits this offseason.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“My upcoming trips are SEMO Chattanooga and NC state.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college team growing up was Tennessee cause that’s all I knew. I grew up 10 minutes from the stadium and went to every game so I’m really home grown.”


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Q&A with Walker Valley free safety Aiden Burns​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play college football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“N/A.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“One to Phoenix Cumberland.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Not yet, looking to change that in the future.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes, growing up my favorite college team has always been the University of Oregon.”


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Q&A with Lewis County offensive center Cole Farr​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“This question is hard currently because I haven’t decided if I want to play in the next level or not.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I haven’t really had any colleges recruit me yet but hopefully in the future.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I haven’t really had any colleges yet.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I haven’t been to any colleges myself yet but definitely in the near future.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I do have plans to visit some colleges but haven’t decided on which ones yet.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I have always been a big Tennessee Vols fan no matter if it was football, basketball or baseball.”


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Q&A with Independence defensive back Brayden Needham​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I’d like the opportunity to be able to play college football. God willing the right coaches find me and give me the opportunity to play for their program.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“There’s not much activity in my recruitment right now. I’m more focused on the improvement of myself and my team right now, and the preparation for the upcoming season. Hoping my film this year will speak for itself and get my name out there more.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“None as of right now.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have not made any college trips yet. I’ve been invited to a few camps, so I might get to a few schools for those.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“As of right now, no.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“The Tennessee Vols have been my favorite school since I was a baby coming home from the hospital in the checkerboard shirt.”


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Q&A with Fayetteville offensive tackle Cole Cash
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Went well, not the overall goal, going 12-1 and losing in the 3rd round by a field goal.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans are to get bigger and stronger to get 1% better every day.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like my team can make a really good run in the 2a playoffs.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“In my opinion I think Giles should be our toughest game.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Dawson White, overall a good athlete, hopes things are going well for him.”

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Q&A with Knoxville Catholic defensive end Keilyn Smith
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I feel like we had a rebuild year last year due to coaching changes but I think we should come back stronger this year.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I plan to get faster and more explosive. With spring practice coming up I will take on the leadership role as a senior.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like we will bounce back, our team took last season personal and we are building off of that.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I think Lipscomb Academy will be our toughest game. Their style of play is immaculate and the amount of talent they have is incredible.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“The toughest player we’ll play against will be Kaleb Beasley at Lipscomb Academy, he flies all over the field and he reads the quarterback well.”

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Q&A with Walker Valley free safety Aiden Burns
How did the high school football season go overall?
“It went great, made it to the 2nd round in the playoffs.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Grind every day, get better than I was yesterday.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel we will be a more disciplined team than we have been previously.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Our toughest competition will be whoever wants it more.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“N/A.”

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Q&A with Lewis County offensive center Cole Farr
How did the high school football season go overall?
“This football season was great, we went 11-2, region champions, and a third-round playoff spot.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Currently I am part of the baseball team in Lewis County but as soon as the baseball season is done, I will start attending workouts for football.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think this could be one of the best teams in a long time for Lewis County. We are in a new region so only time can tell.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“With the new region layout, I’d say Waverly will probably be our toughest competition.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“With this region, no one is really noticeable and comes to mind right off the back.”

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Q&A with Independence defensive back Brayden Needham
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Every team’s goal is to win a State Championship. So, in my opinion, it wasn’t a successful season unless you went out and achieved that. There were some moments, and some games, where we were successful. But overall, going 5-6, ending up 3rd in the region, and losing in the first round of the playoffs isn’t successful.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“As of right now, we are wrapping up our winter lifts and are beginning our combine. So, combine this week, and then we move into a month of spring practice, our Navy v. Gold Spring Game on May 12th, and we wrap it up with a scrimmage at Stewart’s Creek on May 19th.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel very confident about our team going into this season. We return a lot of players to the defensive side of the ball. Offensively we will look a little different, with an almost brand-new offensive line, a new quarterback, and a few returning offensive starters, with some spots where some young guys can step up and compete for a job. I’m very excited for spring ball, and to move into the summer getting ready for the season.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Looking at our schedule it’s pretty obvious to see who our toughest competition will be. Starting off the season, going to Murfreesboro to play multiple time State Champion Oakland. We are excited to be presented with the challenge at hand in playing them, and to be able to showcase our brand of Indy football.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Playing in 6A, and on top of that, playing in WCS, you see guys that are going to play big time football in college week in and week out. So, it’s difficult to narrow down a singular guy that will be the toughest to stop. Guys like Carter Pace, Ronan O’Connell, Tanner Lee, Clayton Merrill, and Stephen Ellison are going to all be great players we will play against.”

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Q&A with Fayetteville athlete Alex Young​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“My dream since I was a kid has been to play college football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Austin Peay, Miami Ohio, and many others.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Austin Peay.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes I try to go out and visit everyone who offers me.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Not at the moment.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Georgia is my favorite college by far.”


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Q&A with Oakland defensive back Stephen Ellison​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“My dream since I was a kid has been to play college football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Austin Peay, Miami Ohio, and many others.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Austin Peay.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes I try to go out and visit everyone who offers me.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Not at the moment.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Georgia is my favorite college by far.”


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Q&A with Stewart's Creek cornerback Nigel Maynard​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have offers from Michigan, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Pitt, Duke, Louisville, Virginia Tech, UNLV, West Virginia, Marshall, Memphis, Liberty, Central Michigan, Austin Peay, UAB, and UT-Martin.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“It’s still early in the process, so the schools are really trying to get to know me and me know them.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“No, not yet.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Yes, I’m scheduled to attend spring practices at Michigan, UNLV, Pitt, West Virginia, Duke, and Louisville.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Ohio State and Miami.”


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Q&A with Knoxville Catholic wide receiver Jaylon Harmon​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I’m still in the middle right now with injuries but if I could go that route I would for sure in football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“None.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“None.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes we have been to some camps, ETSU, Memphis, UT, UTC, Vanderbilt, Liberty, and Kentucky.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Yes we are planning to go to some camps this off-season, Wake forest and ETSU.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I actually didn’t. I enjoyed watching football because it's a sport that never really has a dream school.”


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Q&A with Oak Ridge outside linebacker Vashawn Nalls​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I do want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“N/A.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I plan on making some college trips this summer and in months to come but I haven’t had any yet.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“N/A.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was probably University of Tennessee or Oregon (because their uniforms are cool).”


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Q&A with Oakland defensive back Stephen Ellison
How did the high school football season go overall?
“It went pretty well.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Keep my body maintained in good shape.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel we will do pretty good and go back to the state championship.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Center Grove out of Indiana.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I think our team handles everything well and we play together to keep players maintained.”

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Q&A with Oakland defensive back Stephen Ellison
How did the high school football season go overall?
“It went pretty well.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Keep my body maintained in good shape.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel we will do pretty good and go back to the state championship.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Center Grove out of Indiana.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I think our team handles everything well and we play together to keep players maintained.”

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Q&A with Stewart's Creek cornerback Nigel Maynard
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Overall, it went well. I had a pretty good season.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I’m running for my high school track team. During the off season, I’m also focusing on improving my football knowledge, increasing my strength, and speed.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel really good about the team and the players we have returning. Our goal is to go undefeated this year.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“All of the teams will require us to play our best, but a few that stand out are Rockvale and Blackman, since they have a lot of returners and our city rival, Smyrna.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“We have so much talent in the area, so that’s a tough one to answer.”

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Q&A with Knoxville Catholic wide receiver Jaylon Harmon
How did the high school football season go overall?
“It didn’t go as we planned or hoped for.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“We have a block lifting before school and track after school.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like our team has progressed since last year just because of all the coaches this 2024 class has been through. The bond is better.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Lipscomb Academy.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Cameron Sparks.”

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Q&A with Oak Ridge outside linebacker Vashawn Nalls
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I feel like our season was pretty decent but I think we could’ve done better.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I plan on getting faster and stronger and more technical with my hands and feet to be the best player I can be for next season.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I am confident that our team will make it pretty far in the playoffs, we have a great bunch of athletes that can lead us there.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I’m not sure what team will be the toughest competition, maybe Farragut or McMinn but it doesn’t matter which team that we play we’ll bring it to them.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“The toughest player is a great question. We face D’mon Marable and Josh Keith. That'll be a good game but also one of the best players I’ll probably go against is Camden Goforth, left tackle at Mcminn.”

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How did the high school football season go overall?
“I feel like our season was pretty decent but I think we could’ve done better.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I plan on getting faster and stronger and more technical with my hands and feet to be the best player I can be for next season.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I am confident that our team will make it pretty far in the playoffs, we have a great bunch of athletes that can lead us there.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I’m not sure what team will be the toughest competition, maybe Farragut or McMinn but it doesn’t matter which team that we play we’ll bring it to them.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“The toughest player is a great question. We face D’mon Marable and Josh Keith. That'll be a good game but also one of the best players I’ll probably go against is Camden Goforth, left tackle at Mcminn.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I do want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“N/A.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I plan on making some college trips this summer and in months to come but I haven’t had any yet.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“N/A.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was probably University of Tennessee or Oregon (because their uniforms are cool).”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“It didn’t go as we planned or hoped for.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“We have a block lifting before school and track after school.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like our team has progressed since last year just because of all the coaches this 2024 class has been through. The bond is better.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Lipscomb Academy.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Cameron Sparks.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I’m still in the middle right now with injuries but if I could go that route I would for sure in football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“None.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“None.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes we have been to some camps, ETSU, Memphis, UT, UTC, Vanderbilt, Liberty, and Kentucky.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Yes we are planning to go to some camps this off-season, Wake forest and ETSU.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I actually didn’t. I enjoyed watching football because it's a sport that never really has a dream school.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“Overall, it went well. I had a pretty good season.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I’m running for my high school track team. During the off season, I’m also focusing on improving my football knowledge, increasing my strength, and speed.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel really good about the team and the players we have returning. Our goal is to go undefeated this year.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“All of the teams will require us to play our best, but a few that stand out are Rockvale and Blackman, since they have a lot of returners and our city rival, Smyrna.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“We have so much talent in the area, so that’s a tough one to answer.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have offers from Michigan, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Pitt, Duke, Louisville, Virginia Tech, UNLV, West Virginia, Marshall, Memphis, Liberty, Central Michigan, Austin Peay, UAB, and UT-Martin.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“It’s still early in the process, so the schools are really trying to get to know me and me know them.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“No, not yet.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Yes, I’m scheduled to attend spring practices at Michigan, UNLV, Pitt, West Virginia, Duke, and Louisville.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Ohio State and Miami.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“It went pretty well.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Keep my body maintained in good shape.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel we will do pretty good and go back to the state championship.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Center Grove out of Indiana.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I think our team handles everything well and we play together to keep players maintained.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“My dream since I was a kid has been to play college football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Austin Peay, Miami Ohio, and many others.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Austin Peay.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes I try to go out and visit everyone who offers me.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Not at the moment.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Georgia is my favorite college by far.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“My high school season went really well overall. It just didn’t end how me or my team wanted it to.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans with sports and workouts are to just focus on getting better and ready for my senior season.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think my team will do better than many people would like to think with us losing a bunch of big players on our team from last season.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Nashville Christian.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“The QB from Nashville Christian.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Samford, Drake, and Oberlin.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Samford.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I’ve been on plenty of trips to numerous schools but none of them have shown interest after going to them.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I have camps I’m going to but that’s it.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“The University of Tennessee.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season went very well, can’t complain when you make it to the third round.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I’m running track and doing extra workouts to continue to get better.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“Our team will be successful and expect nothing less from last year.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Since we are moving up I really don’t have a specific team that will be the toughest but everyone we play will be approached with the same mindset as in we are going to play hard regardless.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“There is no individual player that I can see that will give us problems rights now.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play football in college whether it’s DB or WR.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“The colleges that have been recruiting me have been Florida A&M, EKU, and University of Pennsylvania.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Recruiting me the hardest at the moment is the University of Pennsylvania.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I’ve made trips to UTC, Vanderbilt, and Murray State so far.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I have plans to go to FAMU and PENN in the next two weekends.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was Florida.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“Our last football season didn’t go how we had hoped for it to go. We lost in the second round of the TSSAA playoffs to the team that ended up winning state, Anderson County. I really think we could’ve beat them if we had played our cards right.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My Plans and workouts right now are 6:30 am workouts Mon, Wed, Fri. I have baseball practices from around 3:15pm to 6ish pm 6 out of the 7 days of the week, and then I tend to go workout at my local gym (star fitness) after baseball practice and get recovery there.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“Our upcoming season should be hopefully one of the best! We have so much talent at every position, the team we have has great team chemistry as-well, I love every single one of my teammates like they are my family! I believe we will make it back to Chattanooga.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I believe we will have our toughest battles fought against the green devils. They will be a challenge for us this year!”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“The toughest player we will face will most definitely be Amanuel Dickson, he gave us problems last year when we played GVille.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I would love to play college football! I don’t care which college, I have love for the sport and will play it anywhere.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have been talking to multiple schools, including power 5s, so-cons, SECs, and some smaller schools.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I would say the so-con teams have been recruiting me the most at the moment.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have been to multiple college game days, junior days, and spring practices.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I am planning to go to Ohio State in the spring.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college is The University of Tennessee.”