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College Football Signing: Hisaun Yates

July 15, 2013 09:29 AM

Hisaun Yates signs with Ferrum College to play football with (standing, from left) Smithfield-Selma athletic director Chase Crocker, assistant football coach Chris Martin and head football coach David Lawhon.
Hisaun Yates signs with Ferrum College to play football with (standing, from left) Smithfield-Selma athletic director Chase Crocker, assistant football coach Chris Martin and head football coach David Lawhon. newsobserver.com
Hisaun Yates signs with Ferrum College to play football with (standing, from left) Smithfield-Selma athletic director Chase Crocker, assistant football coach Chris Martin and head football coach David Lawhon. newsobserver.com

High school: Smithfield-Selma

Height, weight: 5 feet 11 inches, 190 pounds

Why Ferrum? “I felt like this gave me the best opportunity to be successful at the next level.”

Also considered: Methodist, Catawba, N.C. A&T

Plans to major in: Sports Medicine/Physical Therapy

Notable: Hisaun was a starting linebacker and fullback for Smithfield-Selma and projects to play linebacker at Ferrum. … He wants to improve on “everything” as he gets ready to play at the college level. “I am never satisfied,” Hisaun said. … His most memorable game came early in his senior season where he played an inspired second half after a halftime pep talk from coach David Lawhon.

Smithfield-Selma coach David Lawhon: “Hisaun, is an extremely hard worker. He was always the first one to practice and the last one to leave; one of the strongest kids on our roster. He is a leader on and off the field. Hisaun is deserving of every accolade he has achieved. Ferrum is getting a tremendous student athlete.”

Compiled by D. Clay Best

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