Profiles in Badass: Kelvin Taylor, the All-State 8th Grader

Profiles in Badass: Kelvin Taylor, the All-State 8th Grader

Yeah expectations are probably high when your dad is an NFL running back, but making 1st team all-state as an 8th grader? I don't think there are more than a handful kids in the country who are even capable of that. Check out the roster, it's pretty hilarious:

 

1ST TEAM
Offense
QB Nick Bracewell, Mayo Lafayette, 6-2/190, Jr.
RB Tamorris Grace, Fort Meade, 5-9/175, Sr.
RB David Pittman, Hawthorne, 5-9/190, Sr.
RB Kelvin Taylor, Glades Day, 5-11/205, 8th
OL Joey Mroczkowski, Mayo Lafayette, 6-3/285, Sr.
OL Jonathan Inoa, Miami Dade Chr., 6-2/285, Sr.
OL Spencer White, Branford, 6-1/250, Sr.
OL Nahum St. Fort, Naples St. John Neumann, 6-3/310, Sr.
OL Josh Cuthbert, Glades Day, 5-10/260, Sr.
WR Xavier ****an, Moore Haven, 6-0/170, Sr.
WR Jamal Reid, Mayo Lafayette, 6-1/190, Sr.
PK Luke Cherry, Jacksonville Providence, 6-3/195, Sr.
UT Clint Trickett, Tallahassee North Florida Christian, 6-2/170, Jr.

 

That's right, every other player is either a junior or senior and there's Kelvin with a grade school number next to his name. How did he even pull this off? Well, at Glades Day since junior highers and high schoolers are in the same building, they felt it would be logical to let the younguns play for varisty sports if they were good enough.

 

I'm guessing this rule isn't enacted that much, as most 8th graders would be made into 12 year-old sauce playing football with 17 year-old seniors, but that's not the case with Kelvin, who as you can see clearly looks like he's 24 already.

 

I think it goes without saying that we should expect big things from this kid.

 

 

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