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PALM COAST — Committing was not on Colby Cronk’s mind when he arrived at North Carolina State last week.
Plans changed in a hurry, watching the way the Wolfpack’s coaches interacted with players during spring camp and behind closed doors for a pair of position-group meetings.
“The way they watch film, they repeat it and (N.C. State defensive line coach Charley Wiles) makes sure you understand what he’s talking about and what he is trying to teach you,” Cronk said. “I think that is really important.
“I went up there certainly interested in the program, but once I was able to see their campus, the way they coach at practice off the field and in the film room, sit down with one of their engineering professors, it all played a really big role in me committing.”
Flagler Palm Coast defensive lineman Colby Cronk during spring football practice, Friday, May 12, 2023.
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Cronk, a 6-foot-3, 250-pound defensive end, could be poised to make history for Flagler Palm Coast’s football program. The school, founded in 1974, has never directly produced a Power Four football signee. Several athletes, most recently Marquise Gilbert (Auburn) and Dougladson Subtyl (Arizona State), ended up at major colleges but went the JUCO route first.
Then again, it’s nothing new for the Cronk family to rewrite the athletic history books at FPC. Colby’s older sister, Micayla, won seven FHSAA swimming championships in her four-year career — and has since blossomed into an All-American at Florida, helping the Gators last week win the 800-meter freestyle relay national championship for the first time since 1989.
Colby, meanwhile, earned All-Area honors on the football field for the first time this past fall by collecting 61 solo tackles, 12 sacks and 27…
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Author : Daytona Beach News-Journal
Publish date : 2024-03-31 09:06:21
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