Doug Randolph
Came To Football Late
By Jason Sapp
After having success at the high school level as a tri-sport athlete
(basketball and lacrosse being the others), Randolph will focus on
football in the college ranks.
photo courtesy U.S. Army All-American Bowl
Doug Randolph had a
decision to make.
The 6-3, 238-pounder
could either continue to
play for Collegiate High
in Richmond, Va., an allboys boarding school,
or transfer. He opted to
change schools and go to
Woodberry Forest (Va.)
Academy, a college prep
school, and following the
approval from his parents, decided to repeat
his junior year.
"I didn't start playing
football until my sophomore year of high school,
but I've played basketball
and lacrosse for as long
as I can remember," Randolph, 19, said of the factors in his decision, which
isn't a common one
among students his age.
"My first offer was actually for lacrosse [he is a
long-stick midfielder] followed by some offers for
basketball before I ever
got any football offers."
Aside from the advice
he was able to receive
from his parents in making a choice that would