Breaux is a 6-foot-3, 250-pound defensive lineman from Ruston High School in Ruston, Louisiana. Snow, hard times, changes in coaches, front office and even ownership, he persevered through it all, a leader and resolute player. West Monroe (Jamboree) . Dyson Fields, Jordan Hayes, Jaden Osborne and Jadon Mayfield operated behind a stunningly efficient offensive line to advance to the state title game for the first time in nearly a quarter century. Ruston (13-1) did not get a first down the first four times it had the ball. How many high school teams have two grads who played in the NFL on the coaching staff? Once youre part of a team and it becomes part of you, you miss those things. Only in the postseason have Destrehan starters needed to play into the fourth quarter. 478 talking about this. The High School Athlete of the Week includes athletes from all LHSAA-sanctioned sports other than football. I remember him telling a story in 2017, how he showed up at One Bills Drive at 6 a.m. one day in 9-degree weather and saw a solitary figure shoveling snow outside the Field House. They won and won and won. 5 Zachary 37-22 in a semifinal, has put a focus on defeating the school that eliminated it from the playoffs in the past two seasons. Destrehan, the winner of four state championships, last won state when it claimed successive crowns in 2007 and 2008. ", MORE GRAMBLING Grambling State football coach Hue Jackson on Deion Sanders, impact on HBCUs, FOBBS-WHITEReading, football make Neville's Matthew Fobbs-White a Division I recruit. Led the team with nine total tackles (six solo, three assisted) against UTSA (10/18), a season high. You have permission to edit this article. Most of the athletes are homegrown in Rustons unique situation where the coaching staff has eyes on their future prodigies from an early age. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. Schools . But for Williams, the decision to walk away from the game came down to family, and to some simple calculations he did during his final year. That didnt include OTAs, summer, spring. But it was the organization that gave me an opportunity when I wasnt this enough or that enough.