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Message: [QUOTE="CuseLegacy, post: 4136073, member: 469"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://buffalonews.com/sports/high-school/prep-talk-kevin-jobity-jr-making-a-big-impact-for-maryvale-football/article_f6d4cae2-345a-11ec-87fb-47a1612a7916.amp.html[/URL] [IMG alt="Feature shot of Kevin Jobity Jr. He is a 6-foot-4, 250-pound defensive end/tight end for Maryvale (copy)"]https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/buffalonews.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/d8/9d88ef4e-345b-11ec-a8da-079100888185/61733206d1284.image.jpg?resize=1024%2C703[/IMG] Kevin Jobity Jr. is a 6-foot-4, 250-pound defensive end/tight end for Maryvale. James P.McCoy / Buffalo News▲ [URL='https://buffalonews.com/users/profile/Miguel%20Rodriguez']By Miguel Rodriguez News Sports Reporter[/URL] Updated Nov 9, 2021 Second-year Maryvale coach Nick Todaro remembers the first time he saw Kevin Jobity Jr. playing basketball via online stream for the Flyers during the Covid-19 pandemic in the winter. Todaro was looking for athletic kids who might be interested in joining his team. Jobity stood out on video because he was the biggest kid on the court and moved very well. Todaro arranged a meeting with Jobity, trying to convince the athletic 6-foot-4 lad to join his gridiron gang. “We just tried selling him, ‘Hey, come out give it a try. Come out for one day and if you hate it, you never have to come back,’ ” Todaro said. “When I left the meeting, I didn’t think we had a shot at him. Honestly, I didn’t think I resonated.” Until Jobity showed up a few days before the start of the Fall II season in March and said he’d give it a try. Good call. Jobity is still a football novice, but inexperience hasn’t stopped him from being a difference-making impact player for Maryvale. The 250-pound defensive end/tight end did his thing once again Saturday afternoon in helping the Flyers secure the No. 3 seed out of Class B North with a 45-20 rout of rival Cheektowaga. Jobity finished with 10 tackles, a sack and batted down four passes. On offense, he threw for a touchdown, rushed for a score and caught a 20-yard pass on a 2-point conversion pushed back because of penalty. Did we mention he’s still learning the finer nuances of the game? “Sometimes we’ve got to stop him and remind him on very, very elementary things about the game, what gaps to go to and techniques to play and stuff you learn when your younger,” Todaro said. “He’s still learning those things as he goes, but he’s just playing on raw talent. He’s been an absolute stud.” He comes from Division I blood lines. Jobity's name might sound familiar to some local college basketball fans. His father, Kevin Jobity, played at Niagara University from 1995-99, then played professionally overseas. Junior is about 5 inches shorter than his father. Jobity is a solid basketball player, but may have found his call playing football. Jobity wasn’t totally devoid of football experience before joining the Flyers (5-3). He played the game as a fourth and fifth grader before shifting to soccer. He played soccer at Maryvale as a freshman, sophomore and junior. With the pandemic rules moving football into the spring, opportunity presented itself for him to return. “Right away, you could tell he was different,” Todaro said of Jobity’s first practices. “It looked a lot different than a bunch of the kids we had – big kid, physical kid, agile for his size.” The move agrees with Jobity. “I love the intensity,” he said. “I love to be able to hit people and not get in trouble for it. I was always a super hyper kid, and football sort of allowed me to let it out.” Todaro said the Flyers’ defense has been the team’s strength all season. He loves moving Jobity along the line to frustrate offenses. Todaro said he’s the team’s answer. What does that mean? “He changes what the other team can or can’t do,” Todaro said. Jobity would love for a chance to play football in college. He’s got intangibles (size and athleticism) that one can’t coach. It’s just a matter of getting in reps, getting more film. Perhaps Saturday’s highlight package will catch someone’s attention. “I always knew I could be a problem for the other team on the field,” Jobity said. “I’m just trying to continue that.” [/QUOTE]

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