09/09/2026
So my mom was always working Friday nights that happened to be when High School Football games are played. She never really came to watch as it didn’t work with her schedule.
Now, when I was playing semi pro with the Brainerd Lumberjacks 🪓 she was ABLE TO MAKE IT ON OUT!
I had to ball, it was electric the energy I had. You know it didn’t matter, but ya know I’m a gamer so I was gonna do everything in my power to show her her son can still throw it down at what he loves to do..
🎙️ It was epic, WE had Minnesota Vikings legend Chuck Foreman announcing / color commenting our game on the local radio! 📻
Had a game I’ll never forget on defense at outside linebacker / Stand up Defensive End, playing with Dante Mathis & Hirokatsu Suzuki Seth My brother from another but the same Homy Fa✝️her in Christ. Rest in peace & power Donny 🐢 💜
It was just so fun playing the game, it was a night game under the lights, us three rolled up to the game hours away together.
We rolled in & just smashed… it’s so crazy because I just played about 6 months ago I had the opportunity afforded to me by Jj Kern/ God/ and the Mud dogs.. it was against the SAME QUARTERBACK! I can’t forget because this guy changed the DYNAMIC of the FOOTBALL GAME! He is 250-320 lbs and HE CAN RUN..AND HE’S QUICK! 💨 👀🏃🏾♂️➡️ I’m telling you , you’d be blown away at the movement if the feet of this man. He would be getting tackled by 3,45 guys laughing and saying “I like it” give me more! Ha ha ha ha ha! 😆
When I played this last game 5-6 months ago he was at the helm for QUARTERBACK AGAIN! lol 😂
During this game Donny was at Corner-back (to my right facing the offense).
Gilke (Seth) was at Strong Safe✝️y.
I was rushing that qb, getting after him.. it’s funny I was going against a man that was 6’6” possibly 6’7” like 280 lbs of pure muscle, like a GOLIATH TO ME! Soooo I was like I’m just gonna speed rush and blow past this guy. I did exactly that I was moving by his hips before he could stand and take a step.. by this time he could only extend his arm and push me as best he could as I tore around him at the quarterback WHO THEN HAD A BUSINESS DECISION TO MAKE as I was HEAD-HUNTING HIM 🥩🩸 💥 HE WOULD TUCK THE BALL AND RUN UP THE MIDDLE WHEN HE COULD, otherwise I was SACKING HIM! I had five sacks, a forced fumble, a punt block and recovery. (this play is funny as heck 😂😅 with Donny..)
So I was at right end of the defensive line, ball is snapped to punter, I’m feasting.. I get there at the perfect time to throw my arms up and block this son of a gun, I do. Dante Sir Wyndell (Donny) Mathis is way over at corner the ball shot off line 8-10 yards he was by it running to scoop it up saying he had it.. and I picked up my speed to ANOTHER GEAR and grabbed it out of his hands and dove on it! He was irritated at me because he had the vision and the open field to grab the ball and house it! I knew what he was trying to do and I’m old school I was like let’s just recover this thing and dove in it and protected it like a my Forward Fitness baby.
We had a hoot about that on the way back and on going forever, hahaha!
So to me an epic game.. 5 sacks, a forced fumble, a punt block & RECOVERY! 😂
All in under 3 FULL QUARTERS, I WAS BOOTED FROM THE GAME! 😆 🥾
Ok, on one okay this guy was jaw-jacking as I walked away after pancaking him on his back, so I walked right up to him and open hand punched his face mask in his jaw.(that was a flag).
The other flag, like we know now I was jumping the snap count and getting to the quarterback and the other team has now employed a full back to whatever side I was on (JJ had me switching side to side 😎 💥 🥊, smart strategy as coach, utilizing talent). They changed up the snap count and I jumped too early but the full back jumped up and started moving live like the play was going and engaged me so I tea-kettled him and he grabbed my face mask as I was standing up over him so I struck his face mask to hand him let go and that was the second flag and I was tossed from the game. MY MOM BROUGHT ME HOT COCOA ☕️ and it was the most special thing ever(because she use to make the best hot cocoa from dry milk & natural cocoa lol and I’d eat a half loaf of toasted, buttered bread, dipped in the hot cocoa! Best thing ever! 😋
Viking legend Chuck Foreman shook my hand after the game and said “you’re one HELL OF A PLAYER SON, KEEP GOING, PLAYING” 🥹😎👊🏼🌱🌅 that was so dope to me for a Viking legend to appreciate how I played the game WE LOVE!!!! My mom was able to be present, was one of the best days ever in my life! 🏈 Glory to God!
