2. Secondary depth. Toughness starts at the line of scrimmage, perhaps, but it extends across the field for South Pointe. And it’s especially present in the team’s secondary.
The unit’s leadership starts with Quan Peterson. The defensive back, who is also
a state champion basketball player, committed to play football (and will try to walk on to the basketball team) at
Syracuse earlier this summer. He’ll be starting for a third straight year.
Peterson is joined on the outside by senior returners Chris McCullough, Isaiah Steele and Jalen Stratford. DJ Barksdale, a junior, will also be important to the defense.
“Our secondary is crazy this year,” Peterson told The Herald with a smile. He added, “Most of the people who are on our team have been on varsity since ninth grade, 10th grade, so we’ve all been playing against older people. Now we’re playing against people our age, and we’ve learned from the older players and soaked up the wisdom from them.”