If you could have one back.

[EternalEnigma21]

I played both ways (football... ) in jr high and began doing the same in high school. I was all district DE my sophomore year, and in the third game against Hardin Jefferson (district rival for some reason) I got put in at tight end. I ran a drag route and saw a corner closing as the ball was thrown, and instead of catching the ball and using my body to get leverage, or trying to make a move, I turned and knocked the shit out of the corner who was going to try to kill me...

the ball bounced off of my side as I was exploding into this short little kid knocking the snot out of him.

I'll never forget the many, "what the hell was that???" looks I got from everyone... even the other team's players... I don't know what came over me, but I believe it was the reason I didn't get to play offense, and I really wanted to. I just had a defender's mentality, I guess...

I played TE a few more times, but our QB only looked to me once more for a moderate gain (albeit I did catch the next ball even getting creamed) but mostly blocking for our excellent stable of running backs.

I can remember some pretty bad whiffed tackles and a few misreads where I'd tackle a tailback who didn't have a ball, or go for a QB that had just handed it off, letting a tailback by, but I always made enough great plays so that all was forgiven after a few screaming curses from coach Green...