I have been playing football since I was four years old.  Since I first stepped on the filed, I have aspired to play at the collegiate level.  I know playing in college is a once in a lifetime opportunity that could change my whole life.     I am always working to improve my skills as well as training to get bigger, faster and stronger.  I am a team player and try to lead by example while also encouraging my teammates.   I am very coachable and strive to be one of the hardest working players and one of the hardest working recruits you'll find.     In the classroom, I am respectful to my teachers; I study hard and maintain a high GPA.  I am currently a member of the Gifted and Talented (GT) program at my school which requires a high aptitude for academic excellence.  I am involved in my school; I also try to take part in helping and participating in local youth camps.     I want to attend a college where I can push myself in the classroom and on the football field.  I am open to all options and want to ultimately find the right college match at the highest level of competition possible.  I hope to become a great role model to all my peers and make my parents and coaches proud.  A lot of people say it's not about how you start it's about how you finish.  I have always questioned that statement.     Coming from a small military base in Arizona I was not in the best school system and the curriculum was not as hard as Texas.  When I moved to Texas I was totally lost but I persevered and it had felt like words were flying off the page and numbers didn't fit exactly how they were supposed to. When I played football I felt as though it was kind of an outlet not just to hit somebody but to learn and think about what do and how to do it.  Before long, numbers started matching cause of all the plays and letters just started  fitting like never before.  Since then I've thought of school as football and football as school and I became one of the top students of my class.  So no, I don't believe it's about how you start, it's about how you finish! I believe if you start strong and finish at the best of your abilities you can do anything