8th Grade All Americans now a thing

[crusader_of_90]

Jaylon McKenzie, the Eighth-Grade All-American from Belleville, caught five passes for 161 yards and two touchdowns as he helped lead the East team to a 48-14 victory over the West at the NFL Hall of Fame All-Star Game. McKenzie, a 5-foot-7, 143-pound student at Central Jr. High, also was credited with two tackles as a cornerback. (Hickey and Adoree Jackson both went to Central too.)

“No, the college coaches haven’t talked to us,’’ Otis Gunner said with a smile. “We’re just concentrating on him being in the eighth grade and having fun being a kid.’’

But where will Jaylon go to high school?

“We haven’t decided yet,’’ Sukeena Gunner said. “We’ll sit down and talk about it. Academcs (sic) come first and Jaylon will go to the school we feel will be the best fit for him both academically and athletically."

(I HOPE THAT MEANS ALTHOFF!)
https://www.bnd.com/sports/high-school/article216486000.html

 

[Tez711]

Sounds like ESide will have a star freshman next year!

 

[playboymixx]

Sounds like ESide will have a star freshman next year!

If he's been going to jr. high in Belleville, wouldn't he also attend high school in Belleville?

 

[flyerforlife]

Sounds like ESide will have a star freshman next year!

“We haven’t decided yet,’’ Sukeena Gunner said. “We’ll sit down and talk about it. Academcs (sic) come first and Jaylon will go to the school we feel will be the best fit for him both academically and athletically."

 

[Tez711]

It’s going to be a tough decision. My gut says he will attend a private school.

 

[crusader_of_90]

This would have been his senior season.

 

[atrain97]

For those that don't know

Jaylon McKenzie, 8th grade football phenom already counting college offers, shot and killed at Illinois party | CNN

Jaylon's mother, Sukeena Gunner, said her son was leaving a party when he was fatally shot.

www.cnn.com