By Hayden Swope
Devin Carroll of Augusta was named an honorable mention all-league offensive lineman last season for the Orioles. This year, work started early for Carroll, as he spent all offseason prepping for that first game under the lights.
“To prepare myself I’m getting with my possession group and working out and we do some conditioning,” Carroll said. “Those same guys help me get the place down in my head so we’re pretty far ahead of the game already before the season has even started.”
While the training began early, Carroll knows that it will never be finished, and has a list of goals he hopes to accomplish throughout the season.
“Some weaknesses I wanted to improve on are my coaching ability and taking everything they say and letting it fly in a game,” Carroll said. “Some things I’m focused on this season is definitely helping as an athlete get the team to be better and win games and put some more faith in other athletes. We have a history of losing so no one wants to play, but we got some new coaching staff this year and it is looking very promising so everyone’s pretty excited.”
Carroll hopes to continue playing the sports he loves at the next level; however he’s already looking to the future career wise.
“My future plans I’m still figuring out, but I would like to hopefully get a scholarship for wrestling or football and play in college,” Carroll said. “Then after I want to get my CDL to go to Ohio with a great person I met in my life working on trees and stuff like that.”
