Word: quarterback
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Watching from the sidelines, I didn’t have much hope for the Crimson’s three-peat bid for Ivy League champions. Sure, Collier was fast, but the 5’11, 190-pound quarterback was built more like his coalition of sturdy running backs—Gino Gordon, Treavor Scales and Cheng Ho all clock in around 5’10, 190 lbs—than the 6’5 Pizzotti...
...athlete to change positions. Luckily for the Crimson—whom Winters has led to victories over Brown, Lehigh and Cornell, being named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week along the way—Winters’ coach knew him well enough to foresee his success at quarterback. That coach was former Kansas State linebacker and the Oklahoman’s father, Kevin Winters...
...Collier] played running back, but when we were home we spent hours learning how to throw the ball properly,” Kevin Winters said. “I anticipated that when he got older, his natural position would be as a quarterback. [In high school] he was ready to be quarterback because he had spent all that time learning how to throw and learning the nuances of being a quarterback...
However, along with his newfound aptitude for playmaking, Winters also became wary of the heightened pressure of being a quarterback. From his first foray into this position up through his time calling the shots for the Crimson, Winters has had to bear the burden of responsibility for both his team’s successes and failures...
...definitely get a lot more attention focused on you [as quarterback],” Collier Winters said. “Either with the win or the loss, you get more credit than you should...