Before the ink dried on my first article to Touchdown Alabama Magazine, I was a senior at Francis Marion High School.
Before starting the illustrious career of covering Alabama football, I could only think about college life as I was about to enroll at the University of Alabama in the fall. The show, In My Own Words, had not been conceived. It was the month of April in 2011.
The morning of April 27th started like all others for someone in the Perry County School system. It was a random choice of what I wanted for breakfast, listening to school devotions, going through classes, and hoping no one would irk my nerves as I prepared for track and field practice after school.