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Point here? Let us not pretend pre 68 didnt exist. The fact that he had to be the 1st to do it says a lot about those times and America in general.

First in the SEC, but not the south. I saw Eddie McAshan of the Gainsville Purple Hurricanes in 1967 at Memorial Stadium(Daytona) beat my future team (Mainland) in a nail biter killing Mainland's title possibilities. He was an elusive magician. He started for Georgia Tech. Wikipedia says Freddie Summers was the 1st southern black QB of a major school (Wake Forrest 1967). I've been spreading a lie about Eddie for over 50yrs. He was 2nd.......my bad

He has power 5 talent

Jymetre Hester had some offers from lower D1 schools. He either has bad grades or someone is not helping the kid get recruited

I don't know anything about MTI other than what I have just read on this board. However, as I'm sure most of you know, prep schools are very common up in the northeast. The biggest obstacle facing a newly-founded prep school in the south would be scheduling --- because there just aren't very many of them around. There's a lot to be said for prep schools for certain kids . . . kids that need to improve their grades, kids that are young/relatively small for their high school graduating class, etc. Stick a "young" 17 year old high school senior in a prep school and give him another year to develop could make all the difference in terms of earning a college scholarship.

Only have time this morning to watch WR/Kick Returner Jymetre Hester. WHAT A BALL PLAYER ! I like the QB too. Thanks for the video.

It's a prep school. Doesn't count against them for college eligibility and it gives them a year to improve grades and test scores. Almost like a 5th year of high school

A white Mainland High (Daytona Beach) teammate of mine received a full scholarship from the Bear in 1971. His name was Gary Yelvington. Gary played safety in high school and was a star baseball player too. He came from money and was flying planes (from his backyard) at the age of 16. He (Tightend) never played much at 'Bama but he did graduate. RB Wilber Jackson was the star player while Gary was there. But the real stud of the team was a little used black running back/ kick returner named Willie Shelby. Teammates were in awe of Willie's athletic abilities. Both he and Wilber went to the NFL. Gary is the owner of Conrad Yelvington Distributors, a muli-state thirty plus rail facilities distributor of aggregate (sand, gravel, cement, rock, etc.). He also owns Yelvington Jet Aviation... how did I miss out on that gravy train ? .......up in smoke

Y'know, Peezy, if New England didn't have so many white boyz on their offense they might be half decent