African American Athlete Interview Paper

Interview on African American athlete I interviewed a high school classmate I had a couple years back. He was a standout high school star and had skills like a professional NFL Player. He was 5’10, muscular build, and 220lbs and literally carried the team on his back during his time at Hendrickson High school. It was a surprise to see him because I haven’t seen in him a while and I had a friend set us up a meeting because of his busy schedule as Texas Tech football athlete. I asked him about our high school coach, and he said to me that he learned how to be more of a professional athlete rather than his time at Texas Tech. Kenny simply said that his coaches in high school were more “understanding” then high collegiate level coaches and that …show more content…
He started to settle down realizing that his cockiness would not get him far in his football car. He mentioned me about many memorable matches he had during his time at Hendrickson High school, he had 200+ yards and 3 touchdowns for the two games he played against Pflugerville during his sophomore and junior year. I asked him about how his life came around with girls, claiming that he was a king at Hendrickson. Kenny remembered that girls would want to be his girlfriend, and that he didn’t have the time to do any of it because he was busy with school and football. He found a girlfriend his junior year and that seemed to settle everything down with him and many of the girls would stop pursuing him because of it. His senior he got many offers from colleges all over the world, and decided to pick Texas Tech after all. As of now he is a senior at Texas Tech, switching to the linebacker position because his coaches thought he would play that position better. Kenny plans to enter the NFL draft after graduating and if things don’t go in his favor, he plans to pursue something with his nutrition