They are mature football players beyond their age. That is why they are playing so much as freshmen in the defensive secondary.
Rookies Joshua Quarles and Treshaun Abrahams-Webster are making their mark in the secondary in 2016 for the University of Calgary Dinos.
``Both Josh and Treshaun are doing a great job for us. They are mature beyond their years with fabulous football instincts,” veteran defensive secondary coach Marcello Rapini.
The 5’10” 185 lbs. Quarles has dressed and played in all three regular season games while Abrams-Webster has dressed and played in two of the team`s first three games being forced to miss the first game against UBC due to injury.
``What makes both players so good is that they are very coachable,` added Rapini who is thrilled to have the two freshman from High School ranks.
``The game at the university level is so much quicker, everyone here knows what they are doing,`` stated Quarles who was coached at Henry Wise Wood High School in Calgary by former Dino defensive back Cody Ehrmann. ``Another difference is the dedication to play book as compared to High School,” stated the first year Open Studies student.
Abrahams-Webster was recruited by numerous CIS schools choosing Calgary to move from Ontario.
``Everyone at this level is more dedicated. The game is faster, the players are a lot bigger, and there is more attention to detail,” states the 18 year old native of Pickering, Ontario.
``I am more than glad I came out here, Coach Rapini is a great coach and has taught me to compete,`` the 5’11” 195 lbs. Abrahams-Webster stated.
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