Personal Statement

I come from a small school with a little less than 700 students.  In our community, athletes are not expected to make it in college at a high level of play.  My number one goal and aspiration is to change that perspective. Nobody really believes that I will make it to a high collegiate level in sports, but I want to prove to myself and to them, that it can be done.  My one dream and goal, ever since I started playing football at 6 years old, is to make it to the collegiate level.  Specifically, my goal is to be recruited by a college, instead of having to walk-on. I do whatever I can to push my teammates to give their best efforts to help them become the best that they can be. For me, it's all about attitude and effort. The attitude that if you mess on something, you get back up and do it again 10 times better, and the effort to push myself to do better, especially in the classroom.