Three years ago, a friend “tricked” Will Pitchford into long snapping some footballs for him at a camp.
Turns out, Pitchford wasn’t bad at it. Soon it became a position for him with the Houston Academy football team.
“It is a dream come true,” Pitchford said. “I have been thinking about it since I was a kid, throwing the ball to myself in the yard and running up the score on imaginary opponents. It is surreal really. I am really blessed to be in this position.” Pitchford came to Houston Academy before his sophomore season after playing in the seventh through ninth grades at Headland. It was during that summer before his 10th grade year that a friend, Judson Lisenby, invited him to join him at a local football camp.“He kind of tricked me into it,” Pitchford recalled. “He said, ‘Come to this football camp with me.’ And I said, ‘Ok.’ So he picked me up because I obviously couldn’t drive yet.
Houston Academy head coach Eddie Brundidge said Pitchford was masterful in his long snapping duties with the Raiders. “He is one of those guys who can do a bunch of stuff,” Brundidge said. “He is a tough one too. Sometimes he would slant down inside the C gap and it didn’t bother him. He even lined up at nose guard and tackle on defense and there was never a crossed word or he never mumbled about it. He just got in there and did it.
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