My brother just sent me an article from the Free Press titled “Ex-DePorres QB shines in pros.” I could only speculate what it was about…and I was right. Why would Eric send me that article if I hadn’t competed against that guy at some point in my Friday night lights days?
As it turns out, Kevin Glenn was Detroit St. Martin DePorres’ starting quarterback for their 1995 and 1996 state champion football teams. Laker High School ran into them in the first round of the 1995 Class C playoffs, my sophomore year. Scott and I and two other sophomores were starters on the varsity team that year. As a defensive end, I spent much of the game chasing Kevin around; I can’t remember if I sacked him or not. I think I might have once, but it was decade ago, so it’s hard to be sure.
Now I’m sitting here in front of a computer screen writing about it…
and he’s throwning touchdown passes in the CFL…
Read the whole article, if you’d like.