By CLAY HARTSOE
Commercial Sports Editor
December 5, 1969 Pg. 9A
Leesburg's steller quarterback. Mike Napier, signed a football scholarship with Memphis state last night. Napier. who passed for 2,200 yds and 25 touchdowns, will be playing his last high school football game tonight. It will not only be his last, it will be his most important.He will lead the Leesburg Yellow jackets against Tampa Blake for the State Class A title.
Napier chose Memphis State for two main reasons he was very impressed by the school itself the school was also very impressed by Mike. Head Coach Spook Murphy will be in Tampa tonight to watch Mike lead Leesburg against Blake and the fact that the Tigers use an offense that is geared around a rollout quarterback. Being a rollout quarterback himself. Mike was afraid that if he went to a school that used a protype offense which is geared to a drop back passer he might end up playing defense.
Commercial Sports Editor
December 5, 1969 Pg. 9A
Leesburg's steller quarterback. Mike Napier, signed a football scholarship with Memphis state last night. Napier. who passed for 2,200 yds and 25 touchdowns, will be playing his last high school football game tonight. It will not only be his last, it will be his most important.He will lead the Leesburg Yellow jackets against Tampa Blake for the State Class A title.
Napier chose Memphis State for two main reasons he was very impressed by the school itself the school was also very impressed by Mike. Head Coach Spook Murphy will be in Tampa tonight to watch Mike lead Leesburg against Blake and the fact that the Tigers use an offense that is geared around a rollout quarterback. Being a rollout quarterback himself. Mike was afraid that if he went to a school that used a protype offense which is geared to a drop back passer he might end up playing defense.
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Several other schools showed interest in Mike. among these were Tennessee, Georgia, Auburn, Marshall, Western Kentucky, and North Carolina
Memphis State's Head offensive Coach. Red Hogget, and Head recruiter Fred Mangum were here for the signing. Coach Murphy was also planning on being here but was unable to leave Memphis because the airport was snowed in.
Napier, in leading the Yellow Jackets to their best season in 35 years, gained all region honors and stands a very good chance of making the All State team.
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