2013 Profile: Salem QB Bucky Hodges

Bucky Hodges admittedly was a bit surprised when he got the nod as Salem’s (Virginia Beach, VA) starting quarterback with four games left in his freshman season.

“My first game [as a starter] was Homecoming,” Hodges recalled. “I was real nervous. The coaches kept saying they were going to play me, but I didn’t know they were going to throw me in the Homecoming game. From there I got better each game.”

Hodges recalls throwing for around 200 yards in that first game, and he ended up guiding the Sun Devils to two straight wins to end the 2009 regular season. Last season as a sophomore, he guided Salem to an 8-4 overall record that included a win over a talented Ocean Lakes squad in the Division 6 Eastern Region quarterfinals.

“Bucky started for us last year and got a playoff win under his belt,” Sun Devils head coach Robert Jackson said. “His coming out party was probably in the playoffs. He’s real poised back there. He had a good offseason.”

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