John Whiteside '17 Recruiting Profile

I am very outgoing, and determined to work hard to reach my goals in life. I want to succeed on the football team, as well as in the classroom.  I have been taught that the classroom grades will get me where I want to go. I would like to get a full scholarship into a great football program. I am willing to put the work in to see that dream come true. I would like to go to a college that sees academics as being as important as athletics.  I love the game of football.   I love working out and getting my body in shape to face opponents that are bigger and stronger than me. I love it because it challenges me to get better and try to learn different techniques to over power them. I take direction from my coaches and I love to win, but when we lose it helps me to be determined to work on my weaknesses.   My first goal of high school was to be able to start as the only freshmen on the defensive line. I achieved that goal.  I quickly learned it was hard to achieve and even harder to keep my spot. Every man on the line wants the starting position and I work very hard everyday to keep my spot. I want to start all  4 years of my high school career and I want to do the same in college.  My ultimate goal is to play in the NFL, and if that is not in God's plan, I would like to work behind the scenes at a major football franchise. Either way, I just want to be the best I can be and make my family proud of the great man I am destined to become.