What was 49ers QB Brock Purdy like in high school? His teachers shared some of these stories with us. Story by baileyocarroll
asked to go to the bathroom during English class his junior year of high school, he wrote his name on the white board at the front of Mrs. Cambra's classroom before heading out down the hall. When Purdy returned and saw greatest of all time written under his name, he shook his head and blushed with embarrassment. Brock Purdy –- the last over all pick in the 2022 NFL draft — is now on one for footballs biggest stages. in a wildcard matchup against the Seattle Seahawks. in Gilbert, Ariz.
"They don't make perfect people but if they did, he's about as close to perfect kid that I've had the privilege of coaching," said Preston Jones, Purdy's high school football coach." In the classroom and around campus, Purdy was beloved by everyone from substitute teachers to janitors and coaches to cafeteria workers.
"He was in a culinary class and his teacher really took a linking to him, and she didn't know he played football," Jones said. Jones described Purdy as an old soul who acted like he was 40-years-old when he was just a freshman in high school. "What you see is what you get," Cambra said. "The 'yes ma'm' or ‘no sir’ you hear in press conferences and on TV is the same way he spoke in class.
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