Brian Whitmore enters his senior season extremely focused and is eager for the first game of the regular season. The 6-4, 240-pound Oscar Smith (Chesapeake, VA) star defensive end has worked hard this off-season and will be the leader of a very talented team, even without former star quarterback Greg Boone running the show.

“Everything’s been going great,” Whitmore said. “I’ve been focusing on football. We’re practicing everyday. We just got into pads about two weeks ago. I’m getting to practice a little more hyper. I’ll go out there and hit somebody hard in practice and get them to step it up a little bit.”

Coach Richard Morgan’s off-season program has paid dividends.

“I’m still 6-4, 240, but I’m feeling stronger, definitely,” Whitmore said. “I improved my bench about 10 pounds and I’m up to 350 now. My goal this off-season was to get into the 1,000 pound club and I’ve been there. [The 1,000 pound club] is bench, squat and power clean. I’m squatting 530 and the power clean is 285.”

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