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Saraland sophomore phenom Jack West delivers in first start of career

Even when he was just a toddler, Jack West was throwing a football so hard he would put dents in the wall of his childhood home.

"We had to make sure we had Nerf balls," joked Jason West, Jack's dad. "If you wanted to throw the ball with him, he wanted to throw it hard. That's just the way he has always been."

The name Jack West has been floating around high school football circles in Mobile for several years now. He landed offers from Auburn, Alabama and a host of other colleges this summer.