Dergo was great, but "Once in a generation" is a stretch. Matt Perez was better.
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Dergo was great, but "Once in a generation" is a stretch. Matt Perez was better.
They are in the same ballpark. I saw both play live, and both dominated at a level rarely seen.
No player impacted a game like Dergo did. Perez was unbelievable as well but he didn't have quite the same impact on D and to the best of my knowledge wasn't their kicker/punter/returner as well.
On the flip side you do have to take into account that it's easier to do those things in 5a.
That's fair enough. I guess my point is both are the best players their HS's have produced and are once in a generation players for their respective schools, but not the Chicagoland area as a whole.
Did Perez ever leave the field? I'll give him credit where credit is due, as Perez was an amazing player for an 8A school.
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Samson Evans
2211 Rushing Yards - 9.7 YPC
787 Passing Yards
43 Rushing TD's, 14 Passing TD's, 2 Kick Off Return TD's
Jordan Rowell
2295 Rushing Yards
40 TDs
Crazy that both these guys are only Juniors this year.
An article on Dergo from 2013 on where they are now, they still reference him during the JCA game.
http://www.morrisherald-news.com/2013/08/23/where-are-they-now-mchs-graduate-john-dergo/aagsp46/
http://www.morrisherald-news.com/2013/08/23/where-are-they-now-mchs-graduate-john-dergo/aagsp46/
sometime it's like that in HS. Don't have to be a college prospect to be a great HS player. Coulda said the same thing about Chuck Long... Until Hayden Fry showed up.