Grade: Senior
Age: 17
Sports: Football, basketball
Claim to fame/honors: Named first-team All-Ohio and All-Greater Western Ohio Conference at linebacker; carries 4.77 grade-point average; member of National Honor Society; preferred walk-on with Ohio State football team and plans to major in business
Bet you didn’t know … I know how to juggle
Words you live by: Leadership and determination
Toughest opponent: Trotwood in football
Biggest influence: My older brother, Jack; he’s always been the standard to push myself to
Game-day rituals: I always go to Subway or Hothead; I take at least one lap around the field during warmups
What’s on your bedroom walls? My sports trophies and plaques; Ohio State football poster
When I’m bored I like to … during season I watch film; otherwise hang out with my friends or play video games
Favorite movie: Grown Ups
Person who would play you in a movie: John Cena
Favorite TV show: Impractical Jokers
Favorite musical artist: Drake
I can’t live without: My phone
Event you’d like to attend: Super Bowl
Favorite book: The Maze Runner
Favorite home-cooked meal: Chicken and noodles with mashed potatoes
Favorite restaurant: Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers
Favorite smell: Kitchen during Thanksgiving
Favorite cereal: Frosted Flakes
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Dick’s Sporting Goods
Vegetable you won’t eat: Cauliflower
I’d love to trade places for a day with … an NFL athlete
Whose mind would you like to read? Donald Trump
Place where you’d love to travel? Coast of Italy
Talent you’d like to have? Able to do one-armed pushup
Favorite school subject: Math
Favorite athlete: Ray Lewis
Favorite team: The Buckeyes
Favorite Olympic sport: Basketball
Something in the world I’d like to change: All the negativity
Favorite sports moment: Beating Trotwood on their home field my sophomore year
Favorite junk food: Skittles
Best thing about football: You can hit people without getting into trouble; you create a bond with your friends you wouldn’t be able to create without playing with them.
In 10 years, I hope to … have a steady job with a good income and settling down
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