Meet tomorrow’s high school football stars today, on #FreshFaces from #TalkingPrepsNC. Today’s star is Alex Petroff!
By Makayla Holder
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[Music] Foreign Fresh Faces we got Alex petrol from Concord High School Rising Junior uh one Of the most significant things about him Off the field is he's number one in this Class that's pretty special to be off The field education what he's doing and Then on the field what he's performing He played at a Sam roll linebacker and That they're moving him to safety five Eleven 190 had a couple interceptions Return them for touchdowns had roughly 60 tackles solo after talking to coach Shepard talking about Alex his best Attribute they would say is his Instincts his act to find the football Moving from a Sam linebacker going to Safe you've got to have great eye Control because normally you're coming With your first step forward now Sometimes this first step will be going Back but Lawrence's eye control is great Look for a big year coming out of Alex Foreign [Music]
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