After seeing 4-star after 4-star in Florida, I began to wonder what is it about South Florida that produces so much talent. I found this interesting article: http://www.complex.com/sports/2016/01/miami-high-school-football
“By the time they get to high school, it’s already created,” Coley continues. “By the time these guys are ninth graders, they’re not learning to compete—where I think you go to some other areas they may have played football and by the time they’re freshmen in high school they start learning to compete. These kids have been competing since Little League. It’s very important for them to win in Pee Wee football. The neighborhoods are tied into it, friendships tie into it, families feud over it. From an early age, winning is big.”
"We breed football here. We take football with a passion,” says Mark Walton, a freshman running back at the University of Miami who scored five touchdowns in Miami Booker T. Washington’s 2014 Class 4A state championship victory.
“Only thing equivalent to it is the Chinese gymnastics team,” says Luther Campbell, the Miami rap legend perhaps better known as Uncle Luke or Luke Skywalker.
“By the time they get to high school, it’s already created,” Coley continues. “By the time these guys are ninth graders, they’re not learning to compete—where I think you go to some other areas they may have played football and by the time they’re freshmen in high school they start learning to compete. These kids have been competing since Little League. It’s very important for them to win in Pee Wee football. The neighborhoods are tied into it, friendships tie into it, families feud over it. From an early age, winning is big.”
"We breed football here. We take football with a passion,” says Mark Walton, a freshman running back at the University of Miami who scored five touchdowns in Miami Booker T. Washington’s 2014 Class 4A state championship victory.
“Only thing equivalent to it is the Chinese gymnastics team,” says Luther Campbell, the Miami rap legend perhaps better known as Uncle Luke or Luke Skywalker.
