Derek Wildstar sat by his phone, patiently waiting for a call he half-heartedly thought would never come. He told everyone he knew that this was the day. After all the build up, all the hype and excitement, he was finally going to hear if he was finally accepted into the International Simulation Football League.
For Derek, this was a dream come true. His entire life he worked towards this moment. Getting his picture taken as a baby with a football laying in his tiny little arms. Playing catch with his dad when he could barely even walk. Signing up for and competing in his first Pee Wee game. His childhood was laid out for him to accomplish one goal: to be a professional football player.
In the beginning, once he got into his middle school's football team, he thought he wanted to be a wide receiver. To catch a ball deep downfield and run it in for a touchdown was something he longed to do intensely. And to this end, Derek made the WE2 starting position, and scored over a dozen touchdowns in his very first season.
But as he got older, and entered high school, Derek's love of the game changed. Playing offense was too easy. His only job was to catch, run, and score. What a linear boring career he thought. There has got to be more to football than this.
After talking it over with his coach and fellow teammates, spending a lot of his free time watching tapes of his old games, and doing what he could to understand how each position in the game worked on both sides of the ball, he got a much better understanding of the fundamentals of the game. Derek decided he wanted to play as a safety.
Safety is the premiere position in all of football. You have to cover all areas of the field. Read the receivers and know where the ball was at all times, and be able to predict as well where the ball would go. This was what he finally understood to be the zenith of what he could do to be the best player ever. And so he started training to get onto his team to get a starting position in the defensive backfield.
And all that hard work paid off. He became starting free safety in his rookie high school season, and from there set many defensive records that no one at his school will ever hope to break. This is what being an All-Star player was all about.
Then Derek was notified he was to move up the next rung in his quest to become a pro, a full scholarship to his favorite university's football team: The Texas A&M Aggies. He started as a backup free safety his rookie season, going in on dime coverage downs as a backup cornerback as well and by his sophomore season got s spot in the starting lineup.
That was all about to change though, as he was approached by several scouts for the ISFL, who notified him he had what it took to be a pro football player in the big leagues, and urged him to enter the draft.
So it all came down to this moment. Derek sat there with his family and friends, watching the draft live on TV, clutching his cell phone, hoping he would get a phone call that would change his life forever.
In that instant, the phone rang, and everyone looked at him in anticipation as he nervously clicked answer call and put it to his ear.
"Hello?"
"You made it kid, congrats on being drafted!"
And just like that, Derek's dreams he worked his entire life toward came true. He was now an ISFL player.
For Derek, this was a dream come true. His entire life he worked towards this moment. Getting his picture taken as a baby with a football laying in his tiny little arms. Playing catch with his dad when he could barely even walk. Signing up for and competing in his first Pee Wee game. His childhood was laid out for him to accomplish one goal: to be a professional football player.
In the beginning, once he got into his middle school's football team, he thought he wanted to be a wide receiver. To catch a ball deep downfield and run it in for a touchdown was something he longed to do intensely. And to this end, Derek made the WE2 starting position, and scored over a dozen touchdowns in his very first season.
But as he got older, and entered high school, Derek's love of the game changed. Playing offense was too easy. His only job was to catch, run, and score. What a linear boring career he thought. There has got to be more to football than this.
After talking it over with his coach and fellow teammates, spending a lot of his free time watching tapes of his old games, and doing what he could to understand how each position in the game worked on both sides of the ball, he got a much better understanding of the fundamentals of the game. Derek decided he wanted to play as a safety.
Safety is the premiere position in all of football. You have to cover all areas of the field. Read the receivers and know where the ball was at all times, and be able to predict as well where the ball would go. This was what he finally understood to be the zenith of what he could do to be the best player ever. And so he started training to get onto his team to get a starting position in the defensive backfield.
And all that hard work paid off. He became starting free safety in his rookie high school season, and from there set many defensive records that no one at his school will ever hope to break. This is what being an All-Star player was all about.
Then Derek was notified he was to move up the next rung in his quest to become a pro, a full scholarship to his favorite university's football team: The Texas A&M Aggies. He started as a backup free safety his rookie season, going in on dime coverage downs as a backup cornerback as well and by his sophomore season got s spot in the starting lineup.
That was all about to change though, as he was approached by several scouts for the ISFL, who notified him he had what it took to be a pro football player in the big leagues, and urged him to enter the draft.
So it all came down to this moment. Derek sat there with his family and friends, watching the draft live on TV, clutching his cell phone, hoping he would get a phone call that would change his life forever.
In that instant, the phone rang, and everyone looked at him in anticipation as he nervously clicked answer call and put it to his ear.
"Hello?"
"You made it kid, congrats on being drafted!"
And just like that, Derek's dreams he worked his entire life toward came true. He was now an ISFL player.
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