I started playing football my freshman year at Plainfield Central Highschool, and played right tackle. I quickly figured out that offensive line definitely was not for me after subbing in for an injured teammate to play D-Tackle. Me doing that I got the attention of the varsity coaches over there and got to go to state with the Varsity team as a freshman, obviously I didn’t play because I wasn’t ready but being able to practice with them opened my eyes to a lot of opportunities and early improvement giving me an advantage over others my age. Doing that I was able to play a full year on varsity my sophomore year and we went 4-5 not making it to the playoffs, but I gained a lot of experience that year and I was able to really build a foundation that year. Until my parents decided to move, it was tough trying to transition to something new in such a short time over the summer after doing Plainfields summer camp then having to go to Oswego Highschool. Not only that but going from a school that is considered the bottom of the barrel from other schools to going to a school that is looked at as “a challenging opponent” and in the middle of the season going from 30th to top 10 in the ranks of Illinois highschool football, I had a lot to live up to. So yeah it was stressful having to adapt to all these new things especially the lifting program. But I was able to adapt, “dude I thought you were a recruiter” *I shaved my head bald in the summer* to being a 2nd string for the D tackles out of 5 others, and only second string because they prioritized seniors but beggars can’t be choosers. And that was my junior year, but these senior year I will be giving it my all for I don’t know if this will be the last time I play.