Committed at thirteen

 

Will David Sills really be what they expect him to be? In Delaware there is a 13-year-old boy who has already talked to the University of South California’s coach, Dane Kiffin. They have said that he has made a verbal commitment to be USC’s quarterback in five years.

The now seventh grader is 5’ 11” and doctors expect him to reach 6’ 5”.

It seems like that would be a lot of pressure put on someone so young. Now he has to live up to what others expect him to be! But David Sills is quite excited for the opportunity.

Others think that his commitment is ‘ridiculous’ or they think that ‘it means absolutely nothing’. Jeff Jewell, junior, said that he thinks its “kind of ridiculous. He’s 13-years-old [and] committed to one of the top football programs in the nation. Who knows what could happen to him, maybe he’d want to switch positions, but he can’t now since he’s verbally committed [to this team.]”

While Mr. Roders, a Bradford teacher, has another take on this, “It means absolutely nothing. Its not the first time this has happened, when you reach 13 you haven’t developed enough, and are limiting themselves from doing other things.”

But Kelvin Jenkins, senior, has a different opinion, “I don’t understand how a 13-year-old got signed when he hasn’t proven anything.”

In the end they don’t know for sure if David Sills will truly end up at USC in five years but hopefully he will since it seems like that’s where is has always been set on going. All in all, we can’t really say what will happen to him but we all wish him the best.

 

by Emily Johnson