2025 Player Profile: Getting to know Bucktail OG Evan Ransom
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Billy Splain | May 14, 2025
Evan Ransom
Offensive guard
Bucktail
Class Of 2026
Jersey #60
HT/WT 5-11 240
Primary blocker for a 2x 1000 yard rusher
District 9 first team All-Star team coaches award team captain as a Junior
Twitter @EvanRansom1
Coach says: “He is entering his 4th year as a starter on the Offensive Line for Bucktail Area. As a senior he will anchor our line and give us a solid core to build around. He has a good football IQ. As strong as anyone we will play against and absolutely loves to maul defensive linemen. He has lofty goals this year. He will be looking to be the best lineman in the league and earn all-state recognition”.
Let’s get to know Evan
Why do you play football?
I love the team work I love the team/ coaches I love the Friday night with the fans cheering.
It’s gameday! What are you looking forward to the most?
Running on to the field with the team and playing the best sport in the world
Who is your favorite sports star and WHY?
Will Campbell I like his intensity I like how he’s a team player and he puts his all on the field.
Do you have a favorite play you remember the most? Explain:
It was not play but a moment I was starting as a freshman against Coudersport when a senior defense lineman kept saying stuff to me after the play. It was clear that he was trying to get in to my head. I don’t recall If I got the best of him that game but in that moment I realized I belonged.
What was last years season like for you?
Some ups and downs but all in all it was a great season for me I learned a lot, and I got better
What are your goals for this coming season?
Becoming a better teammate bench 310 squad 380
Who is the best player you ever lined up against?
Johnny Green former teammate offensive tackle
When the game is on the line, which college/professional coach would you like to call in the play?
Bill Belichick
What stadium, HS/college/pro would you love to visit for a game?
Penn State, Virginia Tech, North Carolina
What is your favorite Pro team, any sport?
Patriots football
What game, yours, college or pro, was your favorite game you watched and why?
Super Bowl 51 Patriots vs the Falcons, because all odds were against the Patriots they came back as team and won the game
What sports movie would you watch every day if you had to pick one and why?
Remember the Titans, because everyone had to work as a team and becoming team players.
If your mom and dad are screaming at you from the stands, what is it they usually yell?
I ten not to hear for the stands
Name one thing that you’d love to do in football that may never happen?
Catch a interception and run it for a touchdown
Who is your mentor, the person you want to be like? WHY?
My dad he has all ways work hard being positive and a team player
Name a sport you’d love to play but can’t:
Soccer
What is your most embarrassing sports moment?
I tried to avoid those
Is there anyone in your family, besides your parents, you could consider your biggest fan? Who, Why?
When you aren’t playing, practicing or training for sports, what is your go to activity and why?
Playing video games hanging out with my friends because it is fun
What is your favorite football memory to date?
Running onto the field as a freshman starting on the line playing against Sheffield.
What is your favorite play to run?
32 counter trap or 34 counter trap
What scares you the most?
Not accomplishment, my goals/ injuries
Music of choice:
Rap and rock
What was your favorite gift as a little boy? Why?
A old bucktail number 60 jersey when my Uncle Bruce gave to me when he was coaching/ because I got to be a Waterboy for a game and that how I got attached a sport
What restaurant is your go to when you need a big meal?
OIP
What is your favorite vacation destination?
Outer Banks
Do you remember what the first football game you saw was?
Bucktail football game
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