2024 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know Garnet Valley RB/DB Dean Koehler
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Billy Splain | June 4, 2024
Dean Koehler
Running back / defensive back
Garnet Valley
Class Of 2025
Jersey 8
HT/WT 5-9 175
Longest rushing td in school history
Other sports you play Track, basketball
Ambassador award
Twitter @Deankoehler2
Why do you play football?
The reason I play football is to prove to myself that I can do anything I put myself too.
It’s gameday! What are you looking forward to the most?
The thing I look forward the most is the prayer circle before the game where we’re all together as 1
Who is your favorite sports star and WHY?
My favorite player is Derrick rose because of his story and when he scored 50 points it was my favorite sports memory behind the eagles Super Bowl
Do you have a favorite play you remember the most? Explain:
I rember my sophomore year I had a 99 yard rushing touchdown on homecoming
What was last years season like for you?
My last season was embarrassing for me because I was hurt almost all season and I feel like I didn’t have time to prove myself
What are your goals for this coming season?
Stay healthy and show people what I can do
Who is the best player you ever lined up against?
The best player I’ve ever lined up against is someone on my own team Joe Checcio
What stadium, HS/college/pro would you love to visit for a game?
The Georgia statium
What is your favorite Pro team, any sport?
Eagles
What game, yours, college or pro, was your favorite game you watched and why?
The 2018 super bowl game because im a huge eagles fan
What sports movie would you watch every day if you had to pick one and why?
It would be creed 2 because i love the resliance creed shows
If your mom and dad are screaming at you from the stands, what is it they usually yell?
My dad would yell”never let the first guy bring you down”
Name one thing that you’d love to do in football that may never happen?
I would love to get a sack from a db postion
Who is your mentor, the person you want to be like? WHY?
My older brother is mine because hes the hardest worker I know
Name a sport you’d love to play but can’t:
Baseball
What is your most embarrassing sports moment?
When I dropped a wide open pass freshman year
Is there anyone in your family, besides your parents, you could consider your biggest fan? Who, Why?
My brother because hes always pushing me to be better
When you aren’t playing, practicing or training for sports, what is your go to activity and why?
I enjoy lifting and i enjoy playing video games
What is your favorite football memory to date?
Beating the haverford school
What is your favorite play to run?
Dice east
What scares you the most?
Seeing my mom after i get hurt
Music of choice:
Country
What was your favorite gift as a little boy? Why?
I got a small black football as a kid and i played with it everyday
What restaurant is your go to when you need a big meal?
Freddies
What is your favorite vacation destination?
I like going to sea isle with my friends
Do you remember what the first football game you saw was?
The first game I remember is when the eagles played the lions in the snow and Lesaean McCoy went crazy
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