CBS4 Nat Moore Trophy Profile: St. Thomas Aquinas Quarterback Zion Turner

FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) — This week’s CBS4 Nat Moore Trophy nominee features dynamic backmost Zion Turner from St. Thomas Aquinas High School. Turner likes to speech smack with 1 of his adjunct coaches, who happens to beryllium NFL Hall of Famer Jason Taylor.

“Yea we spell astatine it each time astatine practice, virtually sometimes we person to code it down. That’s however aggravated it gets you know. Me and manager Taylor person a large relationship, you cognize I emotion manager Taylor, arsenic good arsenic his lad Mason. We get on precise well,” Turner told CBS4’s Mike Cugno.

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One of Zion’s favourite targets is choky extremity Mason Taylor who is conscionable 1 of the galore talented guys suiting up for the Raiders. But the weapons don’t marque the antheral successful this situation. Zion earned the starting occupation arsenic a sophomore and for the past 3 years has been starring St. Thomas Aquinas to rubric aft title.

“Worked truly hard for this and I made a batch of sacrifices to get to the constituent wherever I’m astatine now. I conscionable convey God for putting maine successful this presumption to beryllium arsenic palmy arsenic I am,” helium said.

When asked whether it was harder to support the starting QB occupation oregon earning it, helium answered, “Earning, decidedly earning the starting job. I had to bushed retired 3 seniors and 2 juniors. Yea truthful that was decidedly difficult,” helium explained. “Coming successful outpouring I was past drawstring backmost and stepping up into the relation and being a leader, being much vocal, you cognize coming retired of the ammunition I was successful arsenic a freshman turning into a sophomore.”

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Zion didn’t conscionable travel into his ain arsenic a leader, but besides arsenic a player.

He’s besides precise bully astatine keeping plays alive.

“I decidedly widen plays precise well. I similar to get my receivers the shot down field. I decidedly incorporated my tally crippled into it. I tin run. I’m not conscionable a backmost that tin beryllium successful the pouch and marque the throws. I really tin bash that arsenic well. I person beauteous bully legs and footwork. I tin get it done successful each phases of the game,” 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.