2020 Player Profile: Teddy Ruffner, Mars Area @MarsHSFootball @teddyruffner @FightnPlanets

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Billy Splain | July 18, 2020

Teddy Ruffner
Mars Area High School
2021
Running Back and Linebacker
Jersey #36
Ht 5’9” Wt 198
2019 stats
1919 rushing yards
26 TDs
Other Sports:
Baseball
Any awards you’ve won:
FIrst team all-section running back
Twitter: @teddyruffner

Why do you play football?

I loved sports as a kid and wanted to play football because it looked fun and I have stuck with it ever since. I like how it takes all 11 guys to win and how the team always feels like a brotherhood.

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

Probably the touchdown I scored at the end of the North Hills game last year because it was in the final minutes and gave us the lead after a tough comeback in the second half.

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

I went to the Penn State whiteout game vs Michigan a few years ago and experiencing that environment was crazy and it was a good game too.

What is your favorite Pro team, any sport?

Steelers and Pirates (I can’t pick one)

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

The Blind Side because it is an inspirational story and is also funny and just overall a great movie to watch.

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

Track

Tell everyone something about you that would make them laugh out loud:

I got kicked out of preschool for almost hitting a girl with a toy vacuum cleaner on accident.

What is your most embarrassing sports moment?

I got blood on my baseball pants in 9th grade and my freshman team coach had to switch pants with me so I could play and his pants were two sizes too large and i had to tape them on the ankles so I wouldn’t trip.

Is there anyone in your family, besides your parents, you could consider your biggest fan? Who, Why?

My Grandparents because they drive to a lot of my games even if it is cold or a far drive. They have always supported me and always talk to me about my games.

What is your favorite football memory to date?

Winning the Super Bowl my last year of youth football

What is your favorite play to run?

Trap

Music of choice:

Hip-hop/rap

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