2020 Player Profile: Nick Groft, Delone Catholic @nickgroft @Squire_Nation @Delone_Catholic

Tagged under: District 3, News, Player Previews

Billy Splain | August 29, 2020

Nick Groft
Delone Catholic
OT,C/ DT
Jersey # 54
HT/WT  6’0 245
50+ tackles 4.0 sacks
YAIAA-3 First Team OT YAIAA-3 Second Team DT
Twitter @nickgroft

Why do you play football?

It allows me to express myself not only as an athlete but as a leader.

Who is your favorite sports star and why?

Sam Elhinger, Texas QB. He is a great team leader and is a good QB

Do you have a favorite play you remember the most? Explain:

In the District Championship, I got in to the backfield and I forced a fumble setting our team in good field position to score.

What are your goals for this coming season?

League Championship and District Championship

What is your favorite Pro team, any sport?

Pittsburgh Steelers

What game, yours, college or pro, was your favorite game and why?

2018 Red River Rivalry. I’m a huge Texas Longhorns fan and it was a huge win over a really good Oklahoma team.

What sports movie would you watch every day if you had to pick one and why?

My All-American. It shows the determination of an undersized high school football athlete, Freddie Steinmark, that went on to be one of the best college safeties. He battled through injuries until he got a tumor in his knee and eventually got it amputated. The doctors told him he’d never walk again but he was so determined he lead the team out on to the field at the bowl game against Notre Dame.

If your mom and dad are screaming at you from the stands, what is it they usually yell?

Who is your mentor, the person you want to be like?

Name a sport you’d love to play but can’t:

Pole Vaulting

What is your favorite football memory to date?

Winning 7 straight games to win the League Championship last year

What is your favorite play to run?

What scares you the most?

Music of choice:

What was your favorite gift as a little boy? Why?

What restaurant is your go to when you need a big meal?

Brothers Chicken Parm sandwich

Which one? Sheetz or Wawa

Sheetz

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