LE ROY, N.Y. (WHEC) — Le Roy/Cal-Mum football player Austyn Silvernail made a statement with a 95-yard interception return for a touchdown in the team’s week one victory over East Rochester/Gananda.
The game-changing play caught the attention of many, including head coach Mike Humphrey.
“That certainly changed things quite a bit when he ran it all the way back. I think a lot of people though he’d get caught and he did not,” Humphrey said.
Silvernail said he wasn’t thinking much during the run, other than not slowing down.
Scholar Athlete Austyn SilvernailAustyn Silvernail is the latest News10 NBC Scholar Athlete of the Week“I kind of really wasn’t thinking while I was running. I was just running. I got off the field and was immediately like, wow, I need a breath,” Silvernail said.
The play came from a player who has strong ties to his community. A community that has always cheered on its football team.
“We have a great football loving community here in Le Roy,” Silvernail said.
“Just like anybody else in small towns, it’s not just him, it’s a family, it’s a community thing. As he’s grown up it’s good to see him embrace that and show his commitment and his pride for his community out on the field,” Humphrey said.
Silvernail has big plans beyond high school football. Right now, that includes joining the Marines.
“I’ve always had a little bit of interest in it, cause my dad and my grandpa were in the Marines,” Silvernail said.
“I think that adds up. That makes a lot of sense, doesn’t surprise me at all,” Humphrey said.
“It’s more of I want to keep that tradition in the generation going,” Silvernail said.
Silvernail said his coach’s tough approach to practice might be preparing him for military life.
“Coach, he kind of does run practice like a drill instructor. That’s kind of the Le Roy football way. It’s always been hard, hard practices. Just trying to make us the toughest team out there,” Silvernail said.
“I don’t know. I think that’s a reach. I think that doesn’t do the drill instructors justice. I like things a certain way there’s no doubt about that. He follows right in line though, that’s for sure,” Humphrey said.
Silvernail plans to play football for Le Roy for two more seasons before pursuing a career in the Marines.
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