Senior tackle Judah Copeland has committed to continue playing football at the college level with his letter of intent signed for Harding University in Arkansas.

“I started talking to them in the summer then they later offered me the same summer.” Copeland said.

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What sold him on the school was the amount of passion that the school had.

“It was 100 percent  the passions that the coaches had,” Copeland said. “It was like he [the head coach] was on fire.”

According to Copeland, the best part about getting to play at the next level is the fact that he gets to do the thing that he has dreamt about since he was 5. But, he credits a lot of his improvement over the years to the McCallum football program.

“They gave me the most they can give to a freshman,” Copeland said. “Mac gave me the worth ethic it really takes to be successful doing anything really. Shout out to Coach G for that. That man is one of the hardest working men I have ever been around.”

Copeland said that Coach Ellis was also very influential on his path to college ball.

“I have to give him all the glory,” Copeland said. “He took a skinny uncoordinated kid with a passion for a game we both love and turned me into the man and football player that people have come to know now, and I thank him for everything.”