Sean McVay Once Beat Out Calvin Johnson For Georgia High School Football Player of The Year
Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay beat wide receiver Calvin Johnson in high school for Georgia’s Class 4A Offensive Player of the Year.
McVay was the first quarterback at Marist to have more than one thousand rushing yards and one thousand passing yards during his junior season. He led his high school to the 2003 Class 4A title. During his senior year, his team was 14-1.
Listen, I love Sean McVay and I’m sure he was a very good QB in high school, along with being the team’s cornerback and punter, but people seriously voted for him over Megatron? MEGATRON..
Would you like to guess whose rating is whose?
Yeah….McVay was the two star. Calvin, being one of the best receivers in the country, was the five star.
I forget sometimes how young McVay is and how guys like Calvin Johnson are actually older than him. During his high school days McVay was a legend. He famously won his team a 3rd round playoff game by calling his own play, which was strong foreshadowing of how his career would turn out.
His team was down four late in the game, and faced 3rd down in enemy territory. McVay insisted they call Wham Naked.
“Coach,” McVay said. “Let’s go Wham Naked.”
Wham Naked was a risky play, especially this late in the game. McVay insisted he could make it work, and Chadwick and Etheridge didn’t have better answers.
“Trust me,” McVay said. “It’s there.”
“Let’s do it,” Etheridge said.
So the War Eagles lined up in a wishbone, their usual triple-option formation. On the snap, the two running backs fired off to the right – the “Wham” – one of them reaching to take the handoff right in the stomach from McVay. As the running backs hammered into the line, drawing all 11 Shaw defenders their way, McVay paused. And after a beat, he began rolling to the left, still holding the ball, all alone – hence, the “Naked.”
He was so open and untouched he could have walked into the end zone. Marist won that game and two more afterward, claiming the Georgia 4A high school championship, and the legend of Sean McVay took flight. -Yahoo
Legend. That sounds like something straight out of Friday Night Lights. Guy probably had girls lining up at his house ready to become Mrs. McVay and beg him put a baby in them. I’d say he slow played his hand perfectly.
Some guys just have it all.