He became the firsr freshman to win the Dick Howser trophy which I guess is like the Heisman. The crazy thing is that he graduated HS in Dec and should have been a HS senior playing Legion ball (or whatever equivalent) now.
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Really though, he shouldn't have been a high school senior at all this year. He turned 19 last September. That would have made him very old for a high school senior. Heck, had he stayed in school and gone to Clemson this year coming up he would have turned 20 shortly after he began his freshman year.
If the kid was from Pennsylvania he actually would have been ineligible to play any high school sports as a senior because he was too old. I wonder if his home state, Georgia, has a similar rule.
If the kid was from Pennsylvania he actually would have been ineligible to play any high school sports as a senior because he was too old. I wonder if his home state, Georgia, has a similar rule.
Didnt know that. Probably either started Kindergarten a year late or was held back for some reason. With a Sept birthday, he would have been an old senior if he wasnt held back. Being that he was, he would have been a few months shy of 20. That's Maverick Rowan stuff.
The growing trend is for summer birthdays to start a year later. Its more rare nowadays for summer birthdays to start school on time. So, when I was growing up, kids in my class were born between say August 20 and August 19 the next year. Now, its June 1-May 31, pretty much. So those fall birthdays who used to be the oldest kids in class now arent. Makes me wonder if some sports-crazed parents may start holding back their kids so they can be the oldest.
Rowan fits the category of being intentionally held back due to sports crazed parents.
To put his age into perspective, my niece will be playing soccer at Duquesne this fall. She won't turn 18 until next month. This guy is 23 months older than her and they would have both been freshmen at the same time had he not enrolled at Clemson "early".
Not unusual at all in California. Remember the Clausen family: three sons who were Div 1 QBs: Casey, Rick and Jimmy. Two were held back by their parents for one year before entering junior high school. The youngest, Jimmy, was held back for two years. He turned 21 during his freshman year at Notre Dame. I have no idea if they took 6th grade over again (or in his case took it over twice) or were home schooled or what. All 3 also attended different high schools. Their dad wanted to put them in throwing offenses at good programs. When Casey's coach took a job somewhere else, they enrolled Rick at a different school. Then Jimmy went to Westlake Christian, a tiny school which decided to try to become a FB power. They did for a few years.
Wonder no more! It is absolutely true. And it really bothers me in football. I helped coach a 4th grade team several years back. Our team was BY FAR the smallest kids in height, weight, muscle etc. I found it strange when I would see that their parents weren't big folks. Just average sized. I'm 6'3", 225 lbs and was significantly larger than most, yet my kid, who was in the 90th percentile for his age was a shrimp compared to the kids on the other teams. It wasn't until I was complaining about this to a buddy of mine who coached high school. He said "they might be IN 4th grade, but they ain't 4th graders". He said that parents hold their kids back 1 to 2 years to try to gain an athletic advantage. Unfortunately, CYO didn't have an age limit. They had a weight limit to play a skill position, but it was a ridiculous 125 lbs for 4th graders. A 120 lb 9 year old is WAY different than a 120 lb 11 year old...
