SHELBY — Before Brayden DeVito even entered his kindergarten year, he loved football.
The summer before even beginning school, he signed up for flag football and as soon as he touched the ball, he knew he was home. Playing running back and receiving the handoff, it was almost unfair. DeVito took his first touch to the house for a touchdown. Everyone watching was in awe clapping the entire time he was sprinting toward the end zone.
He was hooked.
Fast forward to his junior year and that love of football has turned him into a historic quarterback for the Shelby Whippets. DeVito, the No. 4 returning athlete in the Richland 200, is coming off of a sophomore season that won’t soon be forgotten. He earned first team All-Ohio, first team All-Northwest District and first team All-Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference and was also named the Division IV Northwest District Offensive Player of the Year after a season where he threw for 3,556 yards and 30 touchdowns on just 191 completions. He also ran for a team-high 1,194 yards and 17 touchdowns. Oh, and he caught three passes for 111 yards and two scores.
All of that didn’t happen by accident.
“Brayden is a special kid who has an understanding of what it takes to be very good,” Shelby coach Rob Mahaney said. “As his coach, I can say that I have never been around a quarterback who has put in as much time to develop his game as Brayden has. That has continued into this year. No one puts in the time, no own works in the dark as much as Brayden DeVito.”
It is that work that has DeVito knocking on the Ohio High School Athletic Association Football Record Books. As a freshman, he piled up 2,464 yards and 22 passing touchdowns while also running for 526 yards and four scores. After just two full seasons, DeVito has 6,020 total passing yards. To enter the OHSAA record books, a QB has to throw…
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Author : Mansfield News Journal
Publish date : 2024-08-10 09:04:15
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