CBS4 Nat Moore Trophy Profile: Dillard High WR Devaughn Mortimer

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – This week’s CBS4 Nat Moore Trophy subordinate illustration is speedy Devaughn Mortimer from Dillard High School successful Fort Lauderdale.

The Dillard Panthers wide receiver volition beryllium trading his bluish and golden achromatic jersey for the garnet and golden erstwhile helium heads to Tallahassee wherever helium has committed to play for Florida State University arsenic portion of a apical 10 recruiting people astatine the moment.

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With Devaughn Mortimer, the Seminoles are gaining a crippled breaker with way speed.

“I grew up watching Dalvin Cook erstwhile helium was there, and I’ve ever been a large instrumentality of FSU. So, erstwhile they offered me, I was precise excited to play for my imagination school,” said Mortimer to CBS4’s Mike Cugno.

When asked to picture what benignant of wide receiver helium is, Mortimer replied, “Devaughn’s really similar a velocity guy. He’ll juke you each present and then. He’ll pain you, marque separation and helium has precise bully hands.”

One happening Devaughn’s caput manager Tyler Tate requires from his accomplishment presumption players is to enactment connected the way team.

He doesn’t disappoint connected the way either.

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Mortimer tin alert by moving a 10.7 successful the 100 meters. Another crushed to get him the shot arsenic overmuch arsenic possible. That’s wherefore he’s besides returning kicks for the Panthers.

“Yes sir that’s 1 of my large priorities for me. I’m a velocity guy, I tin read, and I person vision. I tin get missing.”

“When bash you cognize you’re going to just drawback it and erstwhile bash you cognize you’re going to instrumentality it?” asked Cugno.

“When the footwear is excessively high, and you spot the radical coming afloat velocity similar 15 yards from you that’s erstwhile you just drawback it. But if you’re a small accelerated and they’re similar 15-20 yards from you past you’ll beryllium capable to drawback it and conscionable marque a determination and go,” helium said.

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The CBS4 Nat Moore Trophy recognizes the apical precocious schoolhouse shot subordinate successful Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe Counties.