Handley High School 17-year-old senior<\/p>\n
Sport:\u00a0Football.\u00a0Positions:\u00a0Defensive tackle and offensive guard<\/p>\n
Parents:\u00a0Shwandra Biggs and Rodney Cozine<\/p>\n
Hometown:\u00a0Pensacola, Florida. (moved to Winchester five years ago)<\/p>\n
What do you love about football?:\u00a0How it’s always a challenge. There’s always something I can get better at.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Most memorable moment in football:\u00a0My sophomore year, when we won seven games in a row. (Handley started 1-3, and the seventh win was the Judges’ first playoff win since 2010.) I gained a lot of new brothers and gained a lot of respect from people that were on that team.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Most embarrassing moment in football:\u00a0It was in the Eastern View game last week. My feet got too wide on a play. I was blocking, and [a Cyclone player] ended up putting me on my butt. My coaches got after me a little bit. Basically just told me to get my technique right, and I’d be fine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Most difficult moment in football:\u00a0Preparing for the Sherando game of my junior year. I didn’t really get any reps in practice [before that game], because [the coaching staff] wanted to use other people who were more comfortable with the defense. [That situation] made me a different mindset person from last season to this season. Everything’s more urgent, and I’ve got to play every game like it’s my last, because I don’t know when that will come true.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
Three people you can have dinner with, dead or alive:\u00a0[Retired NFL defensive tackle] Aaron Donald; he’s always been my idol in the sport since I started really getting into football. My grandfather David; he’s just a person I look up to a lot. He’s a great role model to me. He sets a good example of how I should be. And Jesus; I’m a Christian, and I just have so many questions about why things are the way they are.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Biggest athletic influence:\u00a0Aaron Donald. Just because of how hard he works.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Favorite teacher: [Daniel Morgan Middle School seventh-grade teacher] Mr. [Jamie] Lupton. He made his class fun even though I’m not the biggest fan of history.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Favorite athlete:\u00a0Aaron Donald<\/p>\n
Favorite team: Dallas Cowboys<\/p>\n
Favorite movie:\u00a0“Black Adam”<\/p>\n
Favorite TV show:\u00a0“Superstore”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Favorite song:\u00a0“Headlines” by Drake<\/p>\n
Favorite food:\u00a0Chicken wings<\/p>\n
Worst thing you\u2019ve eaten:\u00a0Fried pickles from this place in Pensacola when\u00a0 was younger.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Plans after high school:\u00a0I want to play football at Fairmont State, hopefully, and get my degree in exercise science. I want to work with athletes and give athletes the opportunities I didn’t have when I was growing up. For me, it was more trial and error with doing things to get better. I’ve visited Fairmont State two or three times, and it’s the school I like the most.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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