Two years ago, Trace Ford felt out of place. Football was starting to feel like a waste of time.
He might as well focus on baseball instead of standing on Edmond Santa Fe High School’s sideline each Friday night.
He could hit a ball 450 feet. He could run like the wind on the basepaths.
Baseball was his first love anyway.
But to take a different path, sometimes a push is needed. This particular one came from a midseason conversation with Edmond Santa Fe defensive coordinator Chris Rose.
“I told him what I needed,” Rose said.