Football once brought him to tears. Now this N.J. QB is tearing up defenses

Source Scout · NJ.com reports: It’s hard to imagine now, watching junior Kenny Bartee command an undefeated Schalick football team, but the sport he loves today was once the thing he dreaded most. “I really didn’t like football,” Bartee said. “I didn’t like getting hit.” Growing up in the Pittsgrove Township midget program, the young quarterback played because his mother made him. She saw his talent at an early age, believing her son possessed a gift he couldn’t see in himself. There were moments when his game looked like poetry in motion, but the passion and love just wasn’t there.

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