Editor’s note: This is a regular feature profiling senior athletes at Bryant High School.
NAME: Derek Faulkner
PARENTS: Cindy and Charlie Faulkner
SIBLINGS: I have one brother. His name is Dale. He’s 22.
FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL: Science
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME? Sit around, play video games
FAVORITE FOOD: Spaghetti
FAVORITE MUSIC ARTIST OR GROUP: Li’l Wayne[more]
FAVORITE MOVIE: Step-Brothers
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Dexter
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A KID? A football.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? Go to OBU. Don’t know yet what I’m going to study.
OTHER THAN YOUR PARENTS, WHO HAS HAD THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON YOUR LIFE? Probably the football coaches. They’ve just encouraged me to get better and they’ve helped me for later on down the road, teaching me lessons.
FAVORITE THING ABOUT FOOTBALL: Just going out on the field, being a family with everybody
POSITION: Cornerback
WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE IS YOUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY ON THE FIELD? Just guarding the receivers and not letting them catch the ball.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE SEASON SO FAR? I think that we’ve done pretty good. We’ve just had a few slip-ups.
WHEN THE TEAM’S DOING WELL, WHAT’S IT DOING? We come together and we just play real good and nobody can stop us.
WHAT'S BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT TO THE SEASON SO FAR? Us coming together against Catholic and not letting one loss stop us.
WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE FOR THE TEAM TO BE SUCCESSFUL THE REST OF THE SEASON? Cut down the mistakes and not let anything get to us.
INDIVIDUALLY, WHAT ABOUT YOUR GAME ARE YOU MOST CONFIDENT ABOUT? Just being able to run with the receivers
WHAT DO YOU WORK HARDEST TO IMPROVE? I definitely need to step up my footwork.
AFTER YOU'RE THROUGH PLAYING FOOTBALL AT BHS, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'LL REMEMBER MOST FONDLY ABOUT IT? Just all the friends I’ve made and how we all became close.
