Bronco Football Adjusts to No Football Fall
posted by Charles Carter | August 28, 2020 | In SportsOver the summer, Bronco football player Jordan Ferguson and his teammates were eager to get back to the season.
“Now I’m getting ready for the season, ready to go to practice, but about two weeks in, we had got word that the season would be pushed to the spring. That put a damper on a lot of student-athletes’ mentality,” Ferguson stated.
Under North Carolina’s executive orders and Phase II, all fall sports have been cancelled.
Ferguson said: “I know a few players who came to school to play football and this hurt their mentalities. So, basically, what I’ve been doing is just staying busy, by taking this off-season to prepare for the next season.”
Some of the players have been taking things into their own hands, although trying to do it safely.
“With the COVID-19 and other stuff going on, we took it into our own hands to practice. Some people run, some people play tennis. And there’s a local park like three minutes down the street. Some guys go there, and throw the ball,” he said.
Overall, the football team stays very active, including Ferguson.
Ferguson was born in Winston-Salem and raised in Fayetteville, NC. He is a junior majoring in Business & Marketing. He is a recipient of both the Dean’s and Chancellor’s list. He is a cornerback for the Fayetteville State University football team and was a member of the 2018 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) All-Rookie team. Ferguson is a member of the Student-Athletes Association Committee, a student ambassador for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and executive treasurer for the Student Government Association.
Ferguson gave some advice for new freshmen on campus: “It’s never too early to plan for your future. Don’t let society, Facebook, or Instagram fool you. You don’t have to have it now, but it’s never too early to start.”
Along with his other achievements, Ferguson has been selected for the second time to attend the Thurgood Marshall Leadership Conference. Last year, he attended as the only sophomore chosen for the opportunity.
Ferguson said: “I went in as a sophomore and did my best. There were a lot of businesses there; Fortune 500, 400, 300, 200 and 100. I came out with two internship offers. I did one of those internships last summer with Kellogg. Thurgood Marshall helped me get that internship offer. I will be returning to intern with Kellogg again hopefully getting a full-time job offer. …If you want it you can have it, you just got to work for it.”
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