{"id":659,"date":"2013-10-21T16:37:31","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T16:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/?p=659"},"modified":"2013-10-21T16:46:12","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T16:46:12","slug":"giants-kersey-named-nuc-youth-american-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/?p=659","title":{"rendered":"Giants Kersey Named NUC Youth All-American for Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quenton Kersey of Winfield, Alabama has been selected to participate in the National Underclassmen (NUC) Youth All-American Game on December 30, 2013 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The 5\u20197\u201d 150 pound running back\/linebacker has been working hard to prove himself, and is more than ready to test battle against some of the top players in the country from his class.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Kersey.Quenton.Headshot.2018.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-660\" alt=\"Kersey.Quenton.Headshot.2018\" src=\"https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Kersey.Quenton.Headshot.2018-184x300.png\" width=\"184\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Kersey.Quenton.Headshot.2018-184x300.png 184w, https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Kersey.Quenton.Headshot.2018.png 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a>\u201cI am looking forward to the challenges that I will face, to determine if I am competing at the same level as my team mates and opponents,\u201d said Kersey. \u201cI feel that I am now performing at a higher level, and this will be a great test for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Through four games, Kersey is averaging 167 yards and 18 touches per game, with 668 yards on the ground in total. Averaging 9.5 yards per carry, Kersey is a bruising ball carrier with surprising cutback ability.<\/p>\n<p>Defensively for his Winfield Middle School Pirates, he has tallied 23 tackles, 11 of them being solo and five being for a loss. Kersey also has three pass break-ups from his outside linebacker position.<\/p>\n<p>You can catch some of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/mKPZA9ZgEhU\">his highlights here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kersey is a fine display of a student athlete with a strong work ethic. With a 3.45 grade point average, Kersey received a 2013 Student of Character Award from Winfield Middle School and is making sure to get better everyday both on the field and in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing selected to play in the All-American Game means to me that all the hard work that I have done over the past several years is finally paying off. I have worked on my physical condition, my nutrition, and my knowledge of the game for the past two seasons and have a clear understanding of what it takes to be a great student athlete on and off the field.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youth1.com\/index.php\/football-headlines\/12778-2018-rb-lb-kersey-named-nuc-youth-all-american\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quenton Kersey of Winfield, Alabama has been selected to participate in the National Underclassmen (NUC) Youth All-American Game on December 30, 2013 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The 5\u20197\u201d 150 pound running back\/linebacker has been working hard to prove himself, and is more than ready to test battle against some of the top players in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=659"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":665,"href":"https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions\/665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}