Editor’s note: This is a regular feature profiling senior athletes at Bryant High School.
NAME: James Kidd
PARENTS: Shady Sanders and Carl Kidd
SIBLINGS: I’ve got two sisters, Courtney Kidd and Kayla Sanders. One of them is 18 and the other is 14.
FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL: Physics
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME? I make music. I sing and produce.
FAVORITE FOOD: Pizza
FAVORITE MUSIC ARTIST OR GROUP: Usher is my favorite artist and my favorite group would probably be the Commodores.[more]
FAVORITE MOVIE: Twilight: EclipseFAVORITE TV SHOW: 106 & ParkWHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A KID? Woodie, the little Toy Story dude.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? I’ve got a scholarship to Xavier University so I’m going to go there and major in music and engineering and play football.
OTHER THAN YOUR PARENTS, WHO HAS HAD THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON YOUR LIFE? The Lord. He’s changed me ever since I’ve met Him and got to have a relationship with Him. My life hasn’t been the same. I’ve learned how to treat people right, love people and that kind of stuff.
FAVORITE THING ABOUT FOOTBALL: You get to hit people. I love to hit.
POSITION: Defensive line
WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE IS YOUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY ON THE FIELD? Take care of my gap. Don’t let nobody get through the A gap.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE SEASON SO FAR? We’ve been doing pretty good. We had a breakdown against Northside but we came back and have been doing pretty good. We’ve got a tough game with Conway this week. I think we can pull it off.
WHEN THE TEAM’S DOING WELL, WHAT’S IT DOING? We’re communicating right.
WHAT'S BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT TO THE SEASON SO FAR? My highlight was the Benton game. We beat them pretty bad.
WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE FOR THE TEAM TO BE SUCCESSFUL THE REST OF THE SEASON? We’ve got to keep communicating, focus on what we’ve got to do, play our positions right.
INDIVIDUALLY, WHAT ABOUT YOUR GAME ARE YOU MOST CONFIDENT ABOUT? Getting off blocks.
WHAT DO YOU WORK HARDEST TO IMPROVE? Staying low.
AFTER YOU'RE THROUGH PLAYING FOOTBALL AT BHS, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'LL REMEMBER MOST FONDLY ABOUT IT? How I became brothers with everybody here. I love everybody here.
