Most of you that read this blog know that I coach football at ACA. We have a very special player on the team this year. His name is Brent Teel. Now, I have coached many good athletes in my career, but this one is different. He is by far the easiest to coach. He gives more effort than any I have coached so far.
This week we were losing a game to Catholic with under a minute left and had 4th and 25 at our own 15 yard line (ladies, that is not a good situation, it would be like shopping at Sears with $5 and needing to buy a formal dress). He caught a pass in the flats and broke (this is a literal number after watching the film) 8 tackles on his way to tying the score at 13 with 48 seconds left. Just to show he wasn't done, he scored the winning touchdown in overtime.
His stats for the game were 229 total yards, all three of our TD's, and 19 tackles. This earned him player of the week for Alabama by the Birmingham news (all classes) and player of week in Montgomery as well.
What makes him a good player is not all this. But the fact that he is the most polite young man you could know (if Avery was a few years older, I might even consider letting him date her).
Great to be around such good young men...
8 comments:
If this were a movie they could voice over Al Michaels screaming "DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES!!!!!"
He's a little short for Avery, but definately nice enough. :)
Glad you pulled out the win, Coach!
A-C-A! A-C-A! it was an impressive play...very exciting!
Having spent time with Brent's parents over the years I would say he got his talent from his mother and his politeness from his father.
HAHA...good one, Dad. Oh - you probably weren't kidding...
Brent deserves any credit he gets.
Yes, Brent is a good kid from a good family. And his night Friday night is what most of us (boys, at least) dreamed of through high school and beyond. I still have not had the game where I saved the day with a heroic effort. No doubt, lots of grinding, hard work went into building the strength and determination required to be prepared for that moment.
I think Jamin and Baron should be your good luck charms. yay! congrats. you definitely deserved that one. Are you on cloud nine, still?
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