Broderick Sanders is still only a rising freshman at John Curtis, but the 6-foot-4, 220-pound defensive lineman is already drawing heavyweight attention.
Sanders, who just finished the eighth grade, has landed a scholarship offer from LSU after impressing at camp with the kind of approach that turns heads fast. The Patriots standout said he came in ready to go.
“Me going into the camp, I’m like I got to kill. My mentality as soon as I stepped on the field, I was going to kill everybody using every weapon. Do the best that I can, and I got the offer,” said John Curtis defensive lineman Broderick Sanders.
During his visit to Baton Rouge, Sanders got hands-on instruction from LSU ace recruiter Ed Orgeron.
“We did the exploding the hips on the ground. We did the dipping.
We did a lot of d-end drills. He was with me the whole process,” said Sanders.
The LSU offer is part of a growing list. Sanders also holds offers from Ole Miss and Texas A&M, giving him three SEC schools already in the mix.
For all the attention coming his way, Sanders says he’s keeping his focus on the work in front of him at John Curtis.
“I stay humble. I’m a very humble person.
Because I know all this could end in a snap. I stay humble, I don’t talk bad about nobody, and I just keep my head down and keep working,” said Sanders.
John Curtis offensive coordinator Jeff Curtis said Sanders has handled the spotlight the right way, with plenty of support at home helping keep him grounded.
“Tremendous support from his mom and his dad. He’s getting a lot of outside noise, outside of here about a lot of stuff.
Credit to his mom and dad, both of them have been, ‘whatever y’all suggest or want him to do, he’s going to do.’ So he got tremendous support from his parents, protecting him from that outside.
Because there’s a lot of outside influences trying to pull at him in a lot of different directions. He shows up to work every day.
Works really hard. He works outside linebacker, inside linebacker, I’m surprised he wasn’t out here catching passes, because he can do that,” said John Curtis offensive coordinator Jeff Curtis.
Sanders has already gotten a taste of varsity football, appearing in three games for the Patriots last season.
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