Having regard to the bloodline, you might think that the sport is basketball.
Not only does Jaelen fort-Rankin hoops semi-shun. He believes as recently as three years, he would do his athletic track bone.
Jaelen fort-Rankin holds photo of his late father, John Rankin.But here's Catholic West make a race to a State Championship and here is fort-Rankin, receiving sustained interest Division I colleges (including the offer of Virginia Military Institute) and involved sport is football.
If you still encounter fort-Rankin, a senior wideout 6-3, 195 - book, please avoid him, asking "How is that you play basketball?"
When asked how many times he has heard this question - hundreds of time? even thousands? -Fort-Rankin looked around the campus of Bishop Bonner, ch-ch-chilly yesterday in preparation for tonight's practice site class first, 7 hours vs. Lehigh stage j. Birney Crum in Allentown, drew a deep breath and said very pleasantly, "Every day."
No wonder. His late father, John Rankin, roundball for the Catholic West (class of 1985) features and Drexel and still holds record school in a match with 44 points.
"Course, my father wanted to play me basketball," Strong-Rankin said. "Did play leagues of summer and the eighth year [Ivy Leaf School], but I also played football when I was younger... it was just out of the way." I ran an indoor track here in the West, and removed the option for basketball.
"I've played freshman football." Even if I get on the field, except for special teams, it's fun and I became attached to it.
Leukemia said John Rankin, a large and hugely popular guy in April 2003. He has worked as a detective in the wonderful Daily News obituaries and special investigations unit Jack Morrison Philadelphia police force, boss Michael Chitwood said to him, "I loved the guy as he was my brother." He will miss much. »
Chitwood describes Rankin as a tireless researcher.
"He was without a hard drive to find out what happened and why," he said. "It 24 hours of work, go home, one hour of sleep and return."
Later, coach of Villanova Jay Wright, Drexel assistant during the season 1986-87, called Rankin "one of my players favorite of all time - very good student, too!" and fondly remembered how he had basically promised an upset victory of Navy and future NBA star David Robinson at the Palestra. Navy was ranked 18th at the time. Drexel has won, 83-80.
As the dragons run 33rd Street campus, Rankin kept saying Wright, "I told you, coach." We have been you. »
The Jaelen father and mother, Alexis Strong live together as Jaelen grew, but they have maintained a "friendly and healthy relationship" said Jaelen and father was still a large part of his life. He was and still is, a strong network of male models, led by his grandfather, Alex Strong.
"As busy as my father, he always made time to see me." "Even if it was just 10 seconds to me McDonalds", Jaelen said, laughing. "Really, it have me almost everything I wanted." He always took me from Foot Locker for new Jordans. I wear only three, four times and then get a new pair.
"I've heard people both talk my father always was basketball." Once my grandmom [Jan Rankin] made me see play in a League of police. I was like, "It is good." "
In A certain way, the fact that his father attended Catholic West had never relayed to Jaelen. After speaking with Lincoln Townsend, a coach of football and the track Jaelen decided to participate and his mother went to school to retrieve things and talk with assorted administrators.
As Jaelen, "I didn't know my father hung on the wall."
Explanation: On his visit fort seen Alexis John plate with image on a wall outside gym. Yes, it is part of athletic watchmaking school.
"My mother told me to make sure you check," said Jaelen.
And?
"I thought it my first day of school." A shocked me. He had one of these fades high-top in the 1980s. That made me laugh. Yet.
"My grandmom was so excited when she knew that I would go to the West." "She gave me some of his bands of basketball and a picture that he had a Catholic West jacket with Charles Barkley..."
Fort-Rankin, who do 17 until next month, was only 5-10, 155, as a second and given action almost never. It is as crazy as off-season - "my knee was still damaging;" My doctor said that is a good sign "- and became a starter last fall."
Fort-Rankin (26 captures, 635 yards, affected eight) and the Koran (24-483-4), which recently won first team coaching all Catholic honors for the third consecutive year, have become quite the tandem hang to the pass mark for quarter Anthony Reid, can also receive some fireworks caused Brandon Hollomon and Joshua Mathis.
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