FAMU football: Cash makes immediate impression for Rattlers

KEONTE CASH

TALLAHASSEE, Florida  -- Keonte Cash, the only freshman starter on FAMU’s football team, has been making an impression on coaches long before taking his first rep.

He was just a middle school kid who spent his spare time participating in dramatic plays or tinkering with baseball, when the coaching staff at Miami Jesuit called him to try out for the junior varsity team. Before his freshman season was over, he was promoted to varsity on the offensive line.

He started every game. What he did at Jesuit was so impressive, that his former coach now use his highlight film as a teaching tool.

“He is the best lineman we’ve ever had and I’ve been the head coach for 30 years,” said Richard Stuart. “He is a very smart young man; intelligent.


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