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Originally posted by BDad11:
This brings to mind the incredible story I read several years ago about former Kentucky All American football player Dennis Johnson who played varsity football in the 2nd grade. I promise that is what the article in USA Today said. He played for a small HS in KY with his father as coach. He was like 5-8 170 lbs in 2nd grade.And of course his mother was dead set against it. The state of KY Athletic Assoc. heard about it and changed the rule to make the 7th grade the earliest a kid could play football.
By the way it didn't seem to harm Dennis as he grew to 6-7 280 and was USA Today HS Defensive player of the year, All American at Ky and 1st rounder in the NFL. After reading about the Arena player being killed on the field, its a scary thought to think of a 2nd grader out there among jrs and srs.
I think that it meant he was in the 2nd grade but was actually 15.