Princeton’s Dom Collins is Daily Telegraph High School Football Player of the Year

Dec. 26—PRINCETON — Throughout the 2023 high school football season, Princeton head football coach Keith Taylor kept saying it. Not because it was something he hoped might be true. But because he was convinced that it was true.

“Dom Collins is the best high school football player in West Virginia,” Taylor repeatedly asserted to whomever was listening.

Collins’ feet are quick as lightning. His hands as deft as a pickpocket’s. And his strength, endurance and durability vastly exceed what many might conventionally expect of his 5-foot-10, 160 pound frame.

When it comes to absolutes, there’s always a tiny bit of wiggle room for doubt. But the tolerances of truth are tight enough to put this one to rest for good and all. Taylor was vindicated by statewide consensus among sports writers who named Collins a recipient of the Moss Award — given by the WVSWA to the state’s best high school pass catcher — and the Kennedy Award — given to the state’s best overall football player. Also by the West Virginia University head football coach Neal Brown, whose football program offered offered a full scholarship to the state’s No. 1 overall prospect on Dec. 17.

Obviously, Collins is the perfect choice for the 2023 All-Bluefield Daily Telegraph High School Football Player of the Year.

“People still don’t believe that he can do it. He’s been proving people wrong since he was a little kid. There’s not a doubt in my mind that he’s going to prove people wrong as he goes to WVU … I think he’s going to get in there and work hard like he’s always done,” said Taylor.

Collins caught 83 passes for 1,901 yards and 27 touchdowns as a receiver. He was a standout playmaker for Princeton on defense and special teams as well as on offense. His 36 total touchdowns are a new Tigers program record as are all of his single-season receiving numbers….

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Author : Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va.

Publish date : 2023-12-26 12:47:00

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