Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Nathan Coker Commits to Play Football at Birmingham Southern

Nathan Coker has commits to Southern


After a prestigious high school career, Nathan Coker has decided to go Birmingham Southern and play college football.

Nathan plans to pursue pre-med. Coaches want to look at him as either a slot receiver or cornerback.

Nathan had a banner senior season. He was named First-Team All-State, Times-Journal Offensive Player of the Year, Gadsden Times All-Area Offensive Player of the Year, and Region MVP.

Nathan played quarterback and cornerback and went 77-128 passing for 1,480 yards and 16 TD's. Rushed 84 times for 549 yards. Defensively 3 interceptions, 26 tackles as a shut-down corner.

Nathan was named Region Offensive MVP his Junior year as well. Nathan made All-County and Times-Journal All-County his junior season.

Nathan missed his sophmore season due to a car wreck suffered the night of the fall jamboree. However, his freshmen season he led the team with six interceptions.

Nathan was a two-year starter in basketball and baseball. During his sophmore season he played soccer after the baseball team had finsihed and was a impact player.

All the time maintaining a solid GPA and ACT score.



Quoting Coach Beckett

"What jumps out at me first is that he is so popular with the student body. He blends in with every segment of our student population. He is very polite and does a great job with his grades. Nathan is very ambitious and does well at every thing he encounters."

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