MILLEDGEVILLE, GA – THI caught up with Veterans High School head football coach David Bruce to talk about 4-star quarterback and 2016 UNC class member Logan Byrd last Friday before his team’s game to discuss his season so far and how he’s preparing to get to Chapel Hill.
Byrd’s team, Veterans High School, won at Baldwin 28-7 on a cold, wet, windy night. THI s also running a full story with thoughts from Byrd’s coach, David Bruce, and with some intel gathered by speaking with some other people around the program.
Here is the transcript:
On passing issues, stats that concern fans…
We haven’t really tried to be a throwing team so much this year, we’ve been trying to run the football. We’ve had some games where we’ve had some issues with protection sometimes. Some drops, he’s missed some, the passing game hasn’t been what we wanted it to up to this point.
But… “We’re working the kinks out.”
On Byrd with some excellent running numbers, how good of a runner is he?
He’s a very good runner. He’s got deceptive speed and he’s so doggone big that at the high school level there ain’t a lot of folks who want to step up and tackle him. He’s done a great job running the ball for us.
On how he’s handled the struggles
He’s done a great job. He’s a leader. We play a very, very non-region schedule – I don’t make no bones about it – we want to learn how to compete and we hadn’t done as good a job as we should have. But that’s why we do it and we hope it will all pay off.
On what kind of young man he is
He’s a great kid. He’s the kind of kid, I don’t think he’s ever had to do a grass drill in four years. He’s on time, he’s a leader, he doesn’t make excuses, he accepts responsibility – probably accepts more responsibility than he should… He’s a great kid. Doesn’t get in trouble, yes sir, no sir, he’s the kind of kid that you want around your program.
On that a lot of kids that end up at Power 5 programs have egos, where does Byrd fit in?
He doesn’t have an ego. He’s very humble and I think his parents do a great job of keeping him grounded and the guys on the team o a great job of keeping him grounded. I like to throw my two cents in there, that keeps him grounded, too. We let him know we appreciate his ability and all of the things he can do for this football team, but it’s just that, it’s a team and he’s a part of the team and he understands that and he does a great job.
Byrd’s team, Veterans High School, won at Baldwin 28-7 on a cold, wet, windy night. THI s also running a full story with thoughts from Byrd’s coach, David Bruce, and with some intel gathered by speaking with some other people around the program.
Here is the transcript:
On passing issues, stats that concern fans…
We haven’t really tried to be a throwing team so much this year, we’ve been trying to run the football. We’ve had some games where we’ve had some issues with protection sometimes. Some drops, he’s missed some, the passing game hasn’t been what we wanted it to up to this point.
But… “We’re working the kinks out.”
On Byrd with some excellent running numbers, how good of a runner is he?
He’s a very good runner. He’s got deceptive speed and he’s so doggone big that at the high school level there ain’t a lot of folks who want to step up and tackle him. He’s done a great job running the ball for us.
On how he’s handled the struggles
He’s done a great job. He’s a leader. We play a very, very non-region schedule – I don’t make no bones about it – we want to learn how to compete and we hadn’t done as good a job as we should have. But that’s why we do it and we hope it will all pay off.
On what kind of young man he is
He’s a great kid. He’s the kind of kid, I don’t think he’s ever had to do a grass drill in four years. He’s on time, he’s a leader, he doesn’t make excuses, he accepts responsibility – probably accepts more responsibility than he should… He’s a great kid. Doesn’t get in trouble, yes sir, no sir, he’s the kind of kid that you want around your program.
On that a lot of kids that end up at Power 5 programs have egos, where does Byrd fit in?
He doesn’t have an ego. He’s very humble and I think his parents do a great job of keeping him grounded and the guys on the team o a great job of keeping him grounded. I like to throw my two cents in there, that keeps him grounded, too. We let him know we appreciate his ability and all of the things he can do for this football team, but it’s just that, it’s a team and he’s a part of the team and he understands that and he does a great job.
