Even though we didn't accomplish our goals as a team, I had a lot to look forward to. I was being recruited by many schools and my dream of playing football at a Division I college looked like it was going to be realized. During the season, the recruiting coach from the University of Pittsburgh, came up to Coolidge to see me in person.
I was in class when I heard an "all call" for me to report to the counselor's suite. I didn't really get into too much trouble around Coolidge so I knew it had to be something about school. When I walked in the counselor's suite I see coach Shawn Simms the running back coach and recruiting coordinator for the Washington, D.C. area. He told me that he needed to come see me in person to make sure that I was big enough to sell me to the head coach. You see, when evaluating a player on tape, he can sometimes be much smaller than what the tape portrays, so coaches will come out to see the exact size for themselves before making an investment.
Coach Simms was very pleased with my size (I don't think I have to say no homo, but in the case that I do, please stop reading and go kill yourself). He told me that he was glad that he hadn't wasted time coming down to D.C. for a "little guy." I think he saw me as a steal. I mean, the school that I really wanted to go to was the University of Maryland. But since they expressed no interest in me early on, they weren't a threat to him. Also, Virginia and Virginia Tech, which were the two other local schools, hadn't really express any interest in me either. My assessment was, that since I didn't have Dunbar across my chest, I wasn't a good player (sarcasm). Pittsburgh saw something in me though. Well now that I think of it, maybe it was just Coach Simms that saw something in me...
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Man your memoirs read like a good book bruh. I've been catching up and reading and its taking me back to Coolidge. Go ahead and keep writing man. I told you how cathartic it could be.
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