Will Bartes '23 Recruiting Profile

My name is Will Bartes and I am an athlete. I have grown up in a military family, so I have a great

understanding of discipline and respect. I also have grown up on a farm giving me an understanding of

what hard work is all about. I know that success is never owned, but rather rented and that rent is due

daily. I know that to attain victory, I must push myself one hundred percent every day.

I have been an athlete since I was four years old, when I began playing Toy-Bowl football. I have been

playing football, baseball, basketball, soccer and boxed since that time. However, football has always

held the top position of the list in my heart. I was a member of the Toy-Bowl football team that won the

Toy-Bowl Superbowl during my 6 th grade year.

I was chosen to play football for my school’s varsity team during my freshman year and received my first

varsity letter as a 9 th grader, but I began to dress with the varsity team as an 8 th grade, junior high school

football player. I have had the great fortune to attend the Nick Saban Football Camp three of the last

five years, only missing 2018 due to my father returning home from a deployment to the Middle East

with the US Army and in 2020 due to cancellation because of COVID-19. Two of the three years that I

attended that camp I was honored by receiving the All Saban Award for my position. I also had the

opportunity to attend the Sanford University Football Camp in 2019.

I have always had a desire to run the ball, weather that be as a receiver, running-back or wing-back, but I

have experience as a line-backer, corner-back, safety and tight-end. I am a team player and know that

we only win together. I am ready to play any position that my team needs me to play so that we win.

I am privileged to have been able to play for my school’s varsity team since I was in the 8 th grade. I am

proud that I have received varsity letters for football as a freshman and as a sophomore and that I was

fortunate to be recognized with the Lion of the week award as a sophomore, an award that is usually

reserved for Juniors and seniors on the team.

If I had to sum myself up, I would say that I like to push myself farther and harder than anyone. I want to

prove that I am faster, stronger, more agile and have more stamina than anyone else. I strive for not

only success, but to be the best. I understand the meaning of Team and always give all that I have to

ensure that we succeed together. However, that starts with me and what I can bring to the combined

effort of the group. I am dependable, I am punctual, I am respectful, and I appreciate every opportunity

that I am given. I am not a sore loser, but don’t accept defeat well. I am the first to arrive, the last to

leave, I push myself more than anyone else in order to ensure that my team can always depend on me.

They don’t have to worry about me performing my duties and can depend on me. Given any

opportunity, I promise that there will never be any regret by those be gracious enough to offer me their

trust.