Year after year, Derby has produced Division 1 talent. Senior Da’Saahn Brame is the next in line to leave a legacy at Derby.
The senior is ranked as a four star tight end according to all major recruiting services and deservedly so, coming in at 6-6, and 235 pounds with big hands and a huge catch radius.
Brame, the big tight end is fresh off of a year where he caught 46 passes for 942 yards and 13 touchdowns, garnering him all types of all-state and all-league accolades.
“It’s awesome to have a player of his caliber on our team,” junior Dalton Hornback said. “He brings the spark to our offense and is someone that guys look to when we need a play and he is a great vocal leader.”
The senior, who was born into a family of athletes, has been playing football since he was five years old. After a brief commitment to Oregon, Brame will now be taking his talents to the University of Tennessee next year.
“I was definitely a lot closer to the Tennessee staff than Oregon’s,” Brame said. “And it’s a lot easier for my family to travel to Knoxville rather than Eugene, and I wanted to play in the SEC.”
Brame has unfinished business to attend to first though.
“As a team we need to be locked in on every small detail, and make sure we are putting in 100 percent effort to those little things as well,” Brame said when asked about what it will take to get back to the state championship game. “I know that I need to be more vocal with the younger guys, I’ve been more of a lead by actions guy, and I want to be more of both this year.”
