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Personal Narrative: My Career As A Football Player
I stood on the sidelines of my first varsity football game as a sophomore, not quite expecting what happened next. “We need another linebacker!” I heard this knowing I was the next man up, and was forced into a situation I wasn’t quite ready for. I started the rest of the season as our middle linebacker, and I got destroyed. Slow, undersized, and unprepared, I was out of my league. But I was determined not to let my sub-par sophomore year affect the rest of my high-school career as a football player. I spent the offseason working hard to ensure that I wouldn’t have a repeat of last season. I felt much more prepared coming into my junior season, and it showed on the field. I ended up an all-district linebacker who led my team in tackles,

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