TopFrog
Lifelong Frog
FWST: Star-Telegram Super Team - Arlington LB Sammy Douglas, Defensive Player of the Year
By Jarret Johnson
[email protected]
Sammy Douglas wanted a senior season worthy of remembrance at Arlington High. Anyone who saw the 2012 Star-Telegram Defensive Player of the Year take the football field will recall that a perfect confluence of talent, preparation and hard work came together to give the Colts a star in the middle of their defense.
The 6-foot-3, 195-pound linebacker rededicated himself in the off-season shortly after a second straight one-and-done trip in the playoffs.
"I knew I needed to step up and that I could be a better player," Douglas said. "I said if I start right now I could be better than I was last year and try to push everybody else to make them better too. I got a couple people who wanted to try and make something of their lives and I pushed them hard in the weight room and when we ran outside."
Needless to say, it worked. The Colts made it to the regional semifinals, their deepest playoff run since 2009, and Douglas racked up 168 tackles, two interceptions and two fumble recoveries en route to Associated Press first-team all-state honors. ...
Read more here: http://www.star-tele...h#storylink=cpy
By Jarret Johnson
[email protected]
Sammy Douglas wanted a senior season worthy of remembrance at Arlington High. Anyone who saw the 2012 Star-Telegram Defensive Player of the Year take the football field will recall that a perfect confluence of talent, preparation and hard work came together to give the Colts a star in the middle of their defense.
The 6-foot-3, 195-pound linebacker rededicated himself in the off-season shortly after a second straight one-and-done trip in the playoffs.
"I knew I needed to step up and that I could be a better player," Douglas said. "I said if I start right now I could be better than I was last year and try to push everybody else to make them better too. I got a couple people who wanted to try and make something of their lives and I pushed them hard in the weight room and when we ran outside."
Needless to say, it worked. The Colts made it to the regional semifinals, their deepest playoff run since 2009, and Douglas racked up 168 tackles, two interceptions and two fumble recoveries en route to Associated Press first-team all-state honors. ...
Read more here: http://www.star-tele...h#storylink=cpy
