James Joyce '15 Recruiting Profile

I have played football since I was 5 years old.  I started with flag football but could wait to play the real thing.  I started tackle football the follow year at 6 years old and has been my passion since.  I can eat, breath,and sleep football!  During my youth football the teams that I played for weren't always the best I have lost more games than I have won until the last two years I was on a team that we were champs two years in a row.  Not that I like loosing but I can say it has help me both on and off the field to build Character and realize you win some and you loose some!  I was chosen 4 times to play on our youth leagues all-star team.  I try to always be positive and keep my team mates focused when we are behind.  I have also learned that we may not like all our team mates but we need to get past our personal feelings and work together to get the job done.  Since I was about 10 I have wanted to play football for the University of Florida, how realistic is that not likely and not a good fit for me but who knows you need to dream!  My Mom says you must have dreams to reach your goals.  I have played center since about 2008 and have been working on my long snap. 2011 was my freshman year in high school and I was on the JV team starting center the follow year 2012 I made Varsity 2nd string center and long snapper our first string senior center got hurt and I was moved to starting center and long snap position for most of my Sophomore year. 2013 Junior year I was the starting center and long snapper and in my senior year 2014 we got a new head coach I was starting offensive line, long snapper and played some defensive line?.   I would love to play college football while getting my college education majoring in criminal justice so after graduation I could work for the Florida Wildlife Commission as an FWC officer.  I am Dyslexic and struggle with reading/spelling which affects all my subjects so I must work twice as hard to earn good grades.