Curtis Billen '14 Recruiting Profile

I am a 6' 3" 230 Senior at Mariner High School in Everett, Washington, As a player I am a Long Snapper and i play Middle Linebacker, Strong side Defensive End, and Pulling Left Guard.  The league I play in is the Wesco South 4A. I would love to play football at the next level and I believe that my athletic ability, work ethic, and drive will allow me to help any team that I play for. I would like to play football for a university on the west coast, and preferably close to home so my grandparents can watch me play, but I am willing to play any where I can get the opportunity.

Freshman

- Captain

- Played Left Guard, Middle Linebacker, Defensive End and Long Snapper

Sophomore

- Captain of the Junior Varsity

- Played Left Guard, Defensive End and Long snapper (JV)

- Long Snapper on varsity handling all short and long snaps with no missed snaps

- 2nd string Guard, Defensive End (varsity)

Junior

- Captain

- Varsity - staring Left Guard, strong side defensive end, and long snapper

- Handled all short and long snaps, missing only one during the season

- Second team all conference as an Offensive Guard (no awards given for Long Snapper, but punter was selected as 1st team all conference)

Senior

- Captain

 - Varsity - staring Left Guard, strong side Defensive End, and Long Snapper

- Handled all short and long snaps, missing only one during the season

- First team all conference as an Offensive Guard (no awards given for Long Snapper)

- Captain's Award (voted by teammates)

- Nominee for Scholar-Athlete, Snohomish County, one nominee per high school

- 121 tackles, 8 sacks (9 game season)

In addition, I have been  lifting and working on my speed and agility since the 9th grade. My current max bench lift is 315 pounds, max squat is 420 pounds, and current best 40 time is 4.95. I plan on working all summer to improve all of these numbers and to also improve my football skills through hard, dedicated work.

I have been to football camps around the country and up until  this point I have been concentrating mostly on Long Snapping. I have been selected to attend the Rubio Top 12 camp in June. I currently rank as a 4.5 star (out of 5)  and I am currently the number 9 ranked Long Snapper, nationwide, in the 2014 class with a snap speed of .646. I was selected and attended the Kohls Underclassmen Elite in January 2013, and I will be attending the Kohls Scholarship invite camp in July, 2013. I will be attending other camps and combines this spring and through out the summer to improve my skills.

I currently have a 3.65 (4.0) GPA and rank 56th in my class and I have earned two varsity letters for academics. As a junior, I have been elected to ASB student government. At the end of 8th grade I was selected as Student of the year.

I have played fall football for seven seasons. Through 2006-2009 I played for Lynnwood Tigers, we won 45 games and lost 5 during the this period and I was a starter on Offense, Defense, and was the team Long Snapper. I was also a team Captain for the last three years. I played Arena football for five seasons, as a Middle Linebacker and Center and performed the duties of Captain. I have excelled in another sport, wrestling. From sixth grade through eighth grade I won 3 Washington state wrestling championships.