Wvu Football: ; Long Way From Home; Freshman Defensive End From Germany Showing Great Potential for Growth
Charleston Gazette › August 29, 2009
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MORGANTOWN - Had Curtis Feigt been born and raised anywhere in the vicinity of any of his current teammates - be it in West Virginia, Florida, New Jersey or anywhere else - it's hard to say how his football career might have turned out. Or even if it had continued at all.
It's a familiar story, but one worth repeating. A promising young player leaves home with visions of becoming a football star, maybe to a prep school tucked away in the mountains. He's there for a month or a week or even a day before reality sets in. It could be homesickness or a fit of self-awareness. Suddenly he's swimming in doubt, so before he even has time to think about it he's in his car, driving home.See the full content of this document
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Wvu Football: ; Long Way From Home; Freshman Defensive End From Germany Showing Great Potential for Growth
That was Feigt, soon after he arrived at Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania as a 17-year-old junior. That he is now, two years later, a freshman defensive end at West Virginia is a testament to two things:
One, his work ethic.And two, there's no road from Mercersburg...See the full content of this document
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