Editor’s note: This is a regular feature profiling senior athletes at Bryant High School.
NAME: Brandon Wilkins
PARENTS: Chris and Kim Wilkins
SIBLINGS: One brother, one sister. My brother’s 20, his name is Ryan, and my sister’s 13, named Brittany.
FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL: History
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME? Play video games
FAVORITE FOOD: Pizza
FAVORITE MUSIC ARTIST OR GROUP: Breaking Benjamin.[more]
FAVORITE MOVIE: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Family Guy
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A KID? I can’t remember
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? Go to the university at Fayetteville to be a computer programmer.
OTHER THAN YOUR PARENTS, WHO HAS HAD THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON YOUR LIFE? My grandpa. He’s been strong through a lot of things like my grandma dying this February and he’s always working hard.
FAVORITE THING ABOUT FOOTBALL: I love the teamwork and the competition that it brings.
POSITION: Outside linebacker
WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE IS YOUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY ON THE FIELD? Make sure that nothing comes up the middle and watch the outside on screens and short passes.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE SEASON SO FAR? It’s been pretty good. I like the way we’ve been playing. Against North Little Rock, we kind of shut down a little bit.
WHEN THE TEAM’S DOING WELL, WHAT’S IT DOING? We’re communicating well, everybody’s getting to their assignments faster, quicker.
WHAT'S BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT TO THE SEASON SO FAR? Probably, beating Conway.
WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE FOR THE TEAM TO BE SUCCESSFUL THE REST OF THE SEASON? It’s going to take communicating a lot better than we have been, at times. That should be all we need to do.
INDIVIDUALLY, WHAT ABOUT YOUR GAME ARE YOU MOST CONFIDENT ABOUT? I feel like I can help the team get a little bit better.
WHAT DO YOU WORK HARDEST TO IMPROVE? My reads.
AFTER YOU'RE THROUGH PLAYING FOOTBALL AT BHS, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'LL REMEMBER MOST FONDLY ABOUT IT? Probably just the friendship that we all have.
