2022 PFN Player Profile: Eric Myers – Clearfield

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Billy Splain | July 26, 2022

Eric Myers
Clearfield
Class Of 2023
Center, Defensive Tackle
Jersey # 50
HT/WT 5’10/242
Other sports Wrestling, Baseball
1st team all star
Twitter @EricMye45656919

Why do you play football?
It’s something I’ve enjoyed my whole life, it helps build me as an individual and learn important life lessons

Who is your favorite sports star and why?
Travis Fredrick, he was a center for the Dallas cowboys and I learned a lot of stuff watching him

Do you have a favorite play you remember the most? Explain:
I was on defense against Penns Valley and they were punting to us, game on the line, I broke through the middle and blocked the punt and recovered it, the next play we scored and one the game

What are your goals for this coming season?
First team All star, forge a name on defense and earn some offers to play at the next level

What stadium, HS/college/pro would you love to visit for a game?
Probably AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys

What is your favorite Pro team, any sport?
Dallas Cowboys

What game, yours, college or pro, was your favorite game and why?
Any game the Cowboys beat the Steelers

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

What cartoon character do you think your head coach most resembles.
Yosemite Sam, when it comes to game time he is always ready to battle but when it’s down time he kicks back and relaxes like Yosemite Sam

If your mom and dad are screaming at you from the stands, what is it they usually yell?
I’m not sure, they know I don’t liked to be talked to when I’m in the zone, but if I had to say they’d probably just be shouting your basic cheers

Name one thing that you’d love to do in football that may never happen?
Every offensive lineman’s dream, run the ball or catch a touchdown pass

Who is your mentor, the person you want to be like? WHY?
My father, he makes too many sacrifices for me and my brother and puts us first, he also makes sure we have all the tools to succeed

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

What is your most embarrassing sports moment?
During a wrestling tournament I went onto the wrong mat and wrestled the wrong kid, I won but it was pretty embarrassing

Is there anyone in your family, besides your parents, you could consider your biggest fan? Who, Why?
Probably my grandmother, she always finds a way to watch, listen, or read about my games

When you aren’t playing, practicing or training for sports, what is your go to activity and why?
Anything in the outdoors, fishing, hunting, shooting, etc

What is your favorite football memory to date?
Last season, just the energy from the locker room and how everyone banded together last year and rallied into states was awesome

What is your favorite play to run?
Anything up the middle

What scares you the most?
Snakes definitely

Music of choice:
Country music, 80’s rock

What was your favorite gift as a little boy? Why?
My dogs are definitely my favorite

What restaurant is your go to when you need a big meal?
Hands down Legends Sports Bar and Grille in Clearfield

Which one? Sheetz or Wawa
It’s a tough one but sheetz since it’s local

What is your favorite vacation destination?
Somewhere on the coast, preferably the Carolina’s somewhere, if we are talking inland then Colorado Mountains for sure

Do you remember what the first football game you saw was?
A Penn State game, it was a white out at beaver stadium against Ohio State, ever since then I fell in love with football and the atmosphere

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