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Show Brad to play for Number 1 : : ;: -: :V: : : : : x By ROBERT BEAN Remember the last time a PiLant Grove alumnus played EES at Brigham Young Unvor'may be straining your pmory a bit to find an answer to Zl question, especially since it w isn't an every-day occurrence here at Pleasant Grove, a 3A school nth barely 800 students. This fall one ex-Viking football cta, wiU suit up and take the field at Cougar stadium. His name is Brad 6 foot 4 inches tall and over 200 lbs Brad, a clean-cut, good-looking, oolite young man, is one of the bigger linemen Pleasant Grove has had in recent years. His aggressive, and sometimes vicious manner on the football field has earned him spots on three all-state all-state teams in his three years as a starter at Pleasant Grove. Brad just finished leading the Viking basketball team to a third place finish at the 3A state basketball tournament, and of late he can be found out on the high school soccer field after school, playing goalie and getting ready for he upcoming season. You would have to think Brad would be content to spend the rest of his natural life in high school, but (he 18 year-old senior insists he's feeling it's time to move on with your life and it takes the fun out of high school." The young P.G. lineman had a wide range of schools recruiting him. Arizona State, Utah, Utah State, Stanford, and UCLA all made bids. "Arizona State recruited me the hardest," he says indifferently. "I chose BYU. It's always been my dream to play football there, since I was a kid." Brad's major is uncertain. Biology is a good possibility. He sees football from an educational point of view, and insists that professional football isn't in his Brad Kitchen future. "You'd have to be mentally incompetent to want to play professional football," he jokes. Brad is ecstatic about being moved to linebacker from defensive tackle, and quotes a little-known trivia fact when asked about the move. "A lineman's life expectancy is about 55 years old," he said. Brad feels he is ready for the scholastic challenges of life at a major college campus, but admits to some apprehension about football. foot-ball. "Have you ever seen Leon White?" he asks, "He's as wide as two of me." Brad will be playing under linebacker coaches Claude Bassett and former Skyline High School head coach Ken Schmidt. Schmidt is one of the most successful coaches ever in Utah. While at Skyline High he ran up a 105-24-1 record. Brad seems unsure about whether he will be playing J.V. or varsity when the season starts. He is ineligible for spring football because he hasn't yet taken any classes, but come fall don't be surprised to see the big kid dressing for varsity games and playing behind the likes of Carey Whitingham or perhaps even starting at the other inside linebacker position. |
