This here is a simple football, with 8 grips on its laces right down the center of it. My life doesn’t revolve around it like it used to, but that does not mean it has not made me the man that I am today. I have learned so much from the game of football, and after playing it for 12 years, it can take the main responsibility for molding me besides my parents. As much as I loved it and gave my whole heart to it before, the game has done as much as it can do for me, and now it’s time for me to take the lessons learned from football to make a positive impact in the world.
There may be a recurring theme here with these artifacts. This fall was nearly the first fall that I haven’t played football since 2004 when I was four years old and probably couldn’t read. Luckily, I found a way to satisfy myself in club football. For my whole life, I’ve always strived to be a division one football player, and though it didn’t happen as I thought it would, playing club made me realize how talented I truly was at the game. Without sounding big headed, I dominated this fall’s club football season, and lead OSU club football to its first division championship since its inception in 2012. I lead the country in completion percentage, touchdown-to-interception ratio, and rushing touchdowns, and right now I am up for first-team All-American awards. Club was more than just football; I met some fantastic people and friends that I will have for a very long time and some connections with the varsity team that I may have never made if I didn’t join.