Paul Monks III '12 Recruiting Profile

My name is Paul Monks. I'm a junior at Coldwater High School. I have lived in Coldwater my entire life. Both my Mother and Father graduated from Coldwater High School. I Live with: my Father Paul Jr., my Mother Shelly, my eleven year old Brother Sam, my nine year old Sister Linzy, and my dog Skipper. My Brother Sam has Cerebral Palsy and a life threatening case of epilepsy. I attended our local First Baptist Church every Sunday with my family. I have played football for nine years, and played in 65 games since my first year in rocket football as a third grader to my latest season on Varsity as a junior. I'm 6.2 ft, weigh in at 260 lbs, I run a 5.2 in my 40 yard dash, in the weight room I can bench press 200 lbs and 155 more than 10 times, on parallel squat I can do 315 lbs, on power clean I can do 185 lbs, and for hex bar dead lift I can do 450 lbs. From my junior season I was selected 2nd team all Big 16 Conference, (SMAC) and 1st team all Branch County. My greatest personnel accomplishment would be moving up to Varsity as a sophomore and by the end of the season taking a starting offensive linemen spot away from a senior. I have certain leadership skills and a good knowledge of the game. I�??m not the player in the middle of the pregame huddle yelling and screaming and I�??m no football guru who can help teach the kicker how to do an onside kickoff one day and the next day help linebackers on covering tide ends. I not very vocal with the whole team; however with my fellow O-linemen or an individual I have no problem with voicing myself. During 2-a-days at lunch I make sure all the O-linemen sat with each other and while eating we studied over our playbooks. I made sure the same thing happened on the bus to away games. I always try to make sure that I not only know my assignments but the rest of the O-line�??s assignments so we can work together to make sure we get all our blocks. I don�??t think of my self as a team leader but definitely the leader of the O-linemen I would preferably stay in the Midwest so I could be close to my family and they could attended my games but I am willing to go anywhere in the country to get my education and play college football. Size doesn�??t matter to me as much as the academic programs at the school. I am very into politics. I have been in Youth in Government since 6th grade and have recently become part of Interact and the Youth Advisory Council. They both are focused on involving kids in the community and their local government. I�??m looking to major in political science and minor in pre-law. Then I hope to take and pass the LSAT, enroll in law school, pass the BAR, and maybe eventually get into politics. Based on these carrier goals any financial assistant based on my academics or athletics would be helpful in my journey to achieving my goals. My athletic goals are now focused on my senior year of High School Football. I hope to greatly improve my weightlifting abilities such as my upper body strength, my agility with my feet, and my overall athleticism. I am also hoping to help the team in anyway necessary off the field in the weight room and on the field together with my teammates. Please visit http://profiles.berecruited.com/athletes/1078796 for up to date information and video.