David Sills Should Eat McDonald's & Go Out On "Mischief Night"
Abrasive Trojans Head Coach Lane Kiffin received a verbal commitment last week from a 13-year-old middle school quarterback named David Sills to attend the University of Southern California (USC).
Sills, a seventh-grader at Red Lion Christian Academy in Bear, Delaware, was featured in a 2007 issue of Sports Illustrated, and Bloomberg News once described him as the “best arm money can buy.”
Since he was nine, Sills has worked with renowned quarterback trainer Steve Clarkson to hone his prodigious skills.
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“His skill set is off the chart,” said Clarkson, who has also mentored quarterbacks Jimmy Clausen, Terrelle Pryor, Matt Barkley, Ben Roethlisberger, Matt Leinart, and Matt Cassell among others.
“I’ve never seen anyone at his age do what he’s been able to do. He’s already six feet as a 13-year-old and he’s breaking down NFL footage.”
Kiffin, 34, a weasel who has incensed legions of people from the Bay Area all the way to Tennessee, asked Clarkson what he thought of the skinny adolescent from “The First State.”
Clarkson said to Kiffin, “You might call me crazy, but you’ve known me for a long time, right? And when I said if there was going to be a LeBron James of football it’d be Jimmy Clausen and that turned out to be a pretty good prediction. And when I said Matt Barkley had the potential to be as good as Jimmy, he ended up winning Gatorade Player of the Year as a junior and starting at USC as a freshman, right? Well, I’ve got a kid now who is better than all of them and he’s in Delaware. You gotta take a look at him.”
Clarkson revealed that he then sent Kiffin footage of Sills tossing a football and the USC coach immediately called him back and admitted he was smitten with the youngster.
“He was like, ‘This kid is incredible. How old is he again?’ I was like, ‘That’s the problem, he’s 13.’”
Indeed, Clarkson is right. “That’s the problem, he’s 13.”
From all reports, Sills loves the game of football and his ultimate dream is to flourish on the professional gridiron like his favorite quarterbacks, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees, have.
Nevertheless, Sills may be yet to reach puberty and it is impossible to predict what his interests will be when he is 18, and able to sign a letter of intent, in 2015.
Many respected scouts have compared Sills’ youthful athletic prowess with that of Tiger Woods and LeBron James.
Woods and James have dominated their respective sports and they are both undoubtedly pleased with how their PROFESSIONAL careers have unfolded to date.
However, for every James and Woods, there are also failed, or disappointing, wunderkinds like Todd “Marijuana-vich” Marinovich and Jennifer “five-finger discount” Capriati.
If Sills wants to eat repulsive “food” at McDonald’s, he should happily indulge in burgers and greasy fries.
If Sills wants to go out with his friends on “Mischief Night” to partake in harmless pranks, his parents should hand him rolls of toilet paper.
If Sills wants to play paintball with his pals, he should hit the playing field with his gun blazing pellets.
Life often has a tendency to develop for the best.
Presently, Sills is determined to become an NFL great under center and that is an absolutely tremendous goal for him to have.
Nonetheless, perhaps one day Sills’ aspirations will change and he will decide that he wants to become a doctor instead of a football player.
Provided that scenario occurred, Sills would be wise to swap the glitter of Tinseltown for the rugged streets of Baltimore and Johns Hopkins University.
No matter how David Sills ultimately matures, remember that, right now, “he’s 13!”
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